294 PBOCEEDINGS OP THE MAXACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



one member who has been removed through the operation of Eule X. 

 The Society has thus lost 12 members, while only seven new members 

 have been elected. 



The finances of the Society are in a flourishing condition. After 

 payment of all liabilities there remains a balance of £26 18s. bd. in 

 the Treasurer's hands, whilst the sum of £50 still remains invested 

 in Metropolitan 2| per cent, stock. 



The number of papers communicated to the Society in the year was 

 thirty-two, attributable to twenty authors. 



Since the last Annual General Meeting, three more numbers of the 

 'Proceedings' have been issued, forming the first half of Vol. Ill, 

 comprising 186 pages, with ten plates and numerous illustrations in 

 the text. 



Your thanks are due to the following who have borne a proportion 

 of the cost of the illustrations, or who have assisted by furnishing 

 di-awings : — J. F. Babor, the Eev. E. Ashington Bullen, E. H. Burne, 

 0. Collett, G. C. Crick, S. I. Da Costa, Lieut.-Col. H. H. Godwin- 

 Austen, J. C. Melvill, J. E. S. Moore, E. A. Smith, G. B. Sowerby, 

 H. Suter, E. E. Sykes, W. M. Webb, M. F. Woodward. Further, 

 your thanks are specially due to the Council of the Linnean Society, 

 through whose kindness the Society, as in pre^-ious years, has been 

 permitted to hold its meetings in Burlington House." 



On the motion of Dr. W. T. Blanford, seconded by Mr. H. W. 

 Burrows, the above was adoj)ted as the Annual Eeport of the Society. 

 The following were elected Ofiicers and Council for the year 1899: — 

 President—^. T. Blanford, LL.D., F.E.S., etc. 

 Vice-Presidents. — Lieut.-Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen, F.E.S., etc. ; 

 Prof. G. B. Howes, LL.D., F.E.S., etc. ; J. Cosmo Melvill, 

 M.A., F.L.S., etc. ; E. A. Smith, F.Z.S., etc. 

 Treasurer. — G. F. Harris, F.G.S., etc. 

 Secretary. — Martin F. Woodward. 

 Mitor.—'B. B. Woodward, F.L.S., etc. 



Six other Members of Council. — E. H. Burne, B.A., F.Z.S., etc. 

 H. W. Monckton, F.L.S., etc. ; E. B. Nekton, F.G.S., etc. 

 E. E. Sykes, B.A., F.L.S., etc. ; Lieut.-Col. L. W. Wilmer 

 Henry Woodward, LL.D., F.E.S., etc. 



Votes of thanks were passed to the Eetiring Officers, the Auditors, 

 and the Scrutineers. 



