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claims had been allowed to lie dormant for years, and whilst fulfilling its dulj' of ren- 

 dering accessible to the public the Memoirs entrusted to it for publication, it has con- 

 verted into vendible volumes what before were unproductive sheets. In fact, the 

 outlay incurred is not to be regarded as so much capital sunk, but as an invest- 

 ment in a valuable property which will yield a remunerative return. 



While thus dealing with the 'Transactions' of the present and the past, we have 

 not been unmindful of the future. A short time will now suffice for the production of 

 Major Parry's " Catalogue of Lucanoid Coleoplera," a work of such dimensions as 

 to entitle it to publication as a separate Part, complete in itself. And the Council has 

 great pleasure in announcing that arrangements have been made for the description 

 by Mr. Pascoe of the vast collection of Longicornia brought home by Mr. Wallace, 

 comprising upwards of 800 new species and not less than TOO new genera ; these 

 descriptions will be illustrated with numerous Plates, and will be published in sepa- 

 rate and independent Parts consecutively paged, so as ultimately to form an entire 

 Volume of the 'Transactions.' A work of this magnitude, executed in the style we 

 have a right to expect from Mr. Pascoe, will form one of the most important contribu- 

 tions to Coleopterology which has appeared in the Annals of any Entomological 

 Society. 



At the last Anniversary the Assets of the Society were £109 14s, Od. Consols, and 

 a true balance of £34 8s. 4d. in hand. The Abstract of the Treasurer's Accounts for 

 1863, which has been read to the Meeting, shows our present Assets to be £109 14s. Od. 

 Consols, and a true balance of £24 lis. 9d. in hand. Notwithstanding therefore the 

 intimation conveyed in the Report of last January, as to the probable diminution of 

 the reserve-fund, our disbursements for the year have exceeded our receipts by 

 £9 16s. 7d., and no more. The sum derived from the sale of the Collections was 

 more than sufficient to meet the extraordinary expenses above alluded to ; so that in 

 spite of an unusually large outlay on the Library, and au expenditure fully equal to 

 the average on the current ' Transactions' and ' Journal of Proceedings,' we ate still 

 able to show a balance in hand and our reserve-fund intact. The Accounts for 1863 

 may be exhibited (in round numbers) as follows : — 



Sale of Collections 



„ ' Transactions ' ... 

 Annual Contributions 

 Arrears of ditto ... 

 Admission Fees ... 

 Composition of a Life Member 

 Interest on Consols 

 Donations 



£ 



127 

 53 



103 

 20 

 19 

 15 

 3 

 24 



£364 



PAYMENTS. 



Second Series of ' Transactions ' 

 Third „ „ 



Library 



Rent 



Curator's Salary 



Postage, Stationery, Attendance,) 

 and General Management | 

 Fire Insurance 

 Tea, &c., for 13 Meetings 



£ 



115 

 95 

 60 

 45 



18 



15 



3 

 13 



£364 



The quarter's rent due at Christmas, and not included in this summary, may be 

 taken, then, as measuring (and it rather exceeds) the amount by which our balance 

 to-day is smaller than that at the last Anniversary. 



