PROCEEDINGS : OCTOBER 22, ISQS. I47 



ANNUAL REPORT, 1897-98. 



In drawing up the Annual Report for such a society as ours, it is not always possible 

 to find some new subject for special gratification or congratulation, but at the same 

 time it is a pleasant duty to chronicle another year of unimpaired vitality in all 

 departments of the society's work. 



It is hardly a year, however, since the last Annual Meeting was held at the 

 Manchester Museum, indeed the report only covers a period of eleven months, and 

 includes but seven meetings. 



There has not been a very numerous accession of new members during the year ; 

 there have been eleven elections, ten resignations, and three deaths, while one 

 member has been declared a defaulter by reason of non-payment of overdue sub- 

 scriptions. The society thus counts three members less than in the preceding year, 

 and the numbers now stand as follows : 9 honorary members, and 231 ordinary 

 members, of whom 24 reside abroad, making a total of 240. 



The Council deeply regrets to have to record the death of Monsieur II. 

 Crosse, the eminent French conchologist, who was one of our oldest honorary 

 members, and of whose career an account will, it is hoped, appear in the pages of 

 the Journal. 



The Society has further to deplore the loss of Dr. E. B. Landis, of Chemulpo, 

 Corea, who only joined this society in February last, and died a few months later, 

 whilst within the last few days the decease of Mr. T. F. Burrows has been 

 announced. 



The attendance at the meetings which have been held since last November has 

 been quite up to the average of former years, but in accordance with the general 

 custom of the Society, the meetings were omitted during the summer months. 



On May 22nd, some half-dozen members profited by the kindness of the Presi- 

 dent, and joined an excursion into North Staffordshire, which proved most enjoyable 

 and profitable. A full account of it was read at the June Meeting of the Society, 

 and has already been published in the October number of the Journal. 



It will be remembered that at the last Annual Meeting it was announced that the 

 Council had resolved upon an increase in the size of the Journal. This has now 

 been effected by means of increasing the size of page and decreasing the spacing, 

 thus obtaining an enlargement of some twenty-five per cent. It is satisfactory to 

 note that the additional room has so far been fully occupied, the Editor having had 

 in hand an unusually large number of papers and notes, which have been read before 

 the Society and either have been or shortly will be published. 



The following is a list of these communications : — 

 Lionel E. Adams : "Observations on the Pairing of Limax maximus L." 



F. Taylor : " The Land and Freshwater Mollusca of the district between Ashton- 

 under-Lyne and Oldham." 



J. R. B. Masefield : " Testacella haliotideam North Staffordshire." 

 L. E. Adams : " Paludestrina(Hydrobia) jenkinsi Smith in Ireland." 

 L. E. Adams : " Sense of Smell in Limax maximus L." 

 Peter Lawson : " British snails as human food." 



G. W. Chaster : " Mr. J. T. Marshall's criticisms : An answer." 



R. Standen : " Notes on the Land Mollusca of Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire." 



R. Standen : " Helix nemoralis monst. siriistrorsum in Lancashire." 



J. Cosmo Melvill and R. Standen : "The Mollusca of the Falkland Islands." 



R. Standen : " Note on Terebra eximia Dh." 



J. Cosmo Melvill : " On Latirus armatus Ad." 



