JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 375 
CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 
PROCEEDINGS. 
257th MEETING, JANUARY 13th, 1897. 
Held in the Manchester Museum, Owens College. 
Mr. R. D. Darbishire, Vice-President, in the chair. 
Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted: 
La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, series 3, no. 315, Jan., 1897; 
Armature of Helicoid Land Shells, part 3, by G. K. Gude (from the 
author); Trans. Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union, part 20, 1896; Science 
Gossip, vol. 3, n.s., nos. 31 and 32, Dec., 1896, and Jan., 1897 ; Journal 
of Malacology, vol. 5, no. 4, Dec., 1896; Irish Naturalist, vol. 6, no. 1, 
Jan., 1897 ; Scottish Naturalist, no. 21, Jan., 1897; Journal de Conchy- 
liologie, vol. 44, no 1, 1896. 
New Members elected: 
Rev. Thomas Cook, Whinwood, Westcliff Grove, Harrogate. 
Mr. Alfred Santer Kennard, Benenden, Mackenzie Road, Beckenham, 
Kent. 
Candidate Proposed for Membership : 
Mr. J. Bliss. 
Resignations : 
Messrs. E. W. Williams, C. Stanley B. Cox, R. J. L. Guppy, J. II. 
Burkill. 
Resolution of the Council: 
It was reported that the Council had resolved—‘‘ That after the issue 
of the next number of the Journal of Conchology it will only be sent to 
those members who have paid their subscriptions for the current year.” 
Letter read: 
The following letter received by the Rev. J. W. Horsley from the 
Secretary of the General Post Office was read :— 
GENERAL Post OFFICE, 
LONDON, 12th December, 1896. 
SIR,— 
In reply to your further letter of the 3rd instant, respecting 
the transmission abroad of natural history specimens by means of the © 
Sample Post, I beg leave to repeat that this department has no know- 
ledge as to the Customs Duty chargeable in France upon the articles 
to which you refer ; and I would suggest that any further application 
on the subject should be addressed to the Customs authorities of 
that country. 
With reference to your statement that several years ago you 
were informed by the Post Office that natural history specimens 
might be sent by Sample Post, I have to inform you that the circum- 
stances have changed since 1892, when such specimens were allowed 
