16 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
attention may be called to some of the donations, as follows :—Shells illus- 
trative of new county records for Scotland from Mrs. Carphin, Mr. Thomas 
Scott, F.L.S., Mr. Lionel Hinxman, Rev. W. Turner, Mr. Alex. Shaw, and 
Mr. T. W. Evans; fine series of shells from Nottinghamshire and Gloucester- 
shire, from Mr. A. G. Stubbs ; a series of Corsican shells from Dr. R. F. 
Scharff; and of Madeiran shells from his brother, Mr. W. FE. Scharff; and 
other donations from Mr. J. G. Milne, T. F. Burrows, and Mr. J. W. 
Taylor, F.1..S. 
Donations in money towards the Cabinet Fund have been received from 
Dr. Scharff, Mr. J. G. Milne, Mr. W. Whitwell, Rev. Carleton Green, 
Mr. H. Coates, and Mr. J. B. Dixon. Further contributions will be 
acceptable. 
The Library (which has been moderately used during the year) has in- 
creased during the nine months by various donations and purchases. The 
donors have been Dr. R. Bergh, Mr. W. H. Dall, Leeds Public Library, 
Dr. Scharff, Mr. Brazier, Rev. G. Gordon, Dr. R. E. C. Stearns, Canon 
Norman, and Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, in addition to the various 
journals and transactions received in exchange for the ‘Journal of Con- 
chology.’ 
In conclusion your Council have a matter of some importance tc bring 
before the members viz :—a proposal that the head-quarters and general 
management of the Society be transferred from Leeds to Manchester. The 
proposal is one that has been informally and spontaneously made by the 
Leeds members of the Council, by whom the Society was founded and un- 
interruptedly carried on for the space of eighteeen years with the success 
that we all know, and it has been accepted by the Manchester members, the 
transfer to be made at the next succeeding Annnal Meeting, subject to the 
approval of the Society. It was the decided wish of the Leeds members, by 
whom the heat and burden of the day had been borne for so many years, and 
particularly of your secretary, that transfer be made at once, but they have 
been prevailed upon to retain their respective offices for another year. 
The Treasurer’s Report and Balance Sheet, which in accordance with 
the resolution passed at the last annual meeeting, has been made out and duly 
audited for the calendar year ending 31st Dec. last, and have been already 
printed in the ‘ Journal of Conchology’ (pp. 353-355) will be submitted for 
approval, as also will the report of the Manchester Branch. 
REPORT or tHe MANCHESTER BRAN Gre 
JUNE oth, 1894. 
Mr. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN : 
I am pleased to report that the interest shown by members in the pro- 
ceedings at our monthly meetings is unabated and very gratifying, and the 
attendance at each meeting has been extremely good. 
Several excursions have been made to places around Manchester, result- 
ing in some important additions to our local records. 
J.C,, viil., Jan. 1895, 
