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acuteness of observation, combined with tbe most minute atten- 

 tion to accuracy and truth. But the most valuable as vre'll as the 

 most considerable of the works he contributed to science is the 

 excellent ' Manual of Recent and Fossil Shells,' first published in 

 the years from 1851 to 1856. This work speedily took the very 

 first rank among text-books on the subject — and deservedly so, 

 both by the lucidity of its arrangement, the amazing amount of 

 correct information compressed into a small space, and the great 

 amount of original matter contained in it. The Supplement, more 

 especially, containing a detailed account of the geographical dis- 

 tribution of living MoUusca and of the distribution in time of the 

 fossil forms, is particularly deserving of notice as a monument of 

 of the full and accurate information possessed by the author, and 

 as one of the most useful compendiums of what is known on those 

 subjects ever given to the world. 



I need say nothing here, where Dr. Woodward was so well 

 known, with respect to his amiable and modest demeanour, and 

 the readiness with which he was at all times willing to aid those 

 who might seek his assistance. 



The Secretary also announced that thirty-three Fellows, two 

 Foreign Members, and one Associate had been elected since the 

 last Anniversary. 



At the Election which subsequently took place, G-eorge Ben- 

 tham, Esq., was re-elected President ; William Wilson Saunders, 

 Esq., Treasurer; and Greorge Busk, Esq., and Frederick Currey, 

 Esq., Secretaries. The following five Fellows were elected into 

 the Council, in the room of others going out : — viz. J. W. Dunning, 

 Esq., Robert Hudson, Esq., J. Gr. Jeffreys, Esq., Colonel Munro, 

 and William Carruthers, Esq. 



Mr. Alfred White, on the part of the Auditors of the Trea- 

 surer's Accounts, read the Balance Sheet, by which it appeared 

 that the total Receipts during the past year, including a Balance 

 of £414 195. 2^. carried from the preceding year, amounted to 

 £1820 16s. 6d., and that the total Expenditure during the same 

 period (including the purchase of an East Indian Railway Deben- 

 ture for £100) amounted to £1401 14^. Id., leaving a Balance in 

 the hands of the Bankers of £419 2s. 5d. 



