﻿for the Advancement of Science ; The College of Science and 

 Engineering, Kyoto Imperial University ; Cuerpo de Ingenieros 

 de Minas del Peru ; The Springfield Museum of Natural History ; 

 The North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club and Archaeo- 

 logical Society, and The State Geological and Natural History 

 Survey of Connecticut. 



The publication of the Memoirs and Proceedings has been 

 continued under the supervision of the Editorial Committee. 



During the session, 1 903-1 904, there was a marked increase 

 in the number of papers read and afterwards printed in the 

 Memoirs and Proceedings, there being no fewer than twenty-five, 

 making a volume, together with the Proceedings, of 441 pages. 

 This was illustrated by 29 plates, 2 tables, and 37 text figures. 



The volume for the previous session, 1902-03, comprised 

 only fifteen papers, and numbered, with the Proceedings, 296 

 pages. It contained only 7 plates and 40 text figures. 



The Society is indebted to the following gentlemen for the 

 undermentioned gifts : — 



Mr. C. L. Barnes, for a copy of Dr. F. W. Jordan's 



" Biography of Dr. Joseph Jordan." 

 Mr, C. Davies Sherborn, for a small 4to MS. volume, being 

 a catalogue of books and prints purchased by Lt.-Col. 

 J. Leigh Philips, of Manchester. 

 Mr. Francis Nicholson, for a copy of Dr. C. J. Culling- 

 worth's "Life of Charles White, F.R.S.," and for a 

 framed portrait of Dr. John Ferriar, engraved by 

 Bartolozzi, after Stothard. 

 The Council of the Victoria University of Manchester, for 

 5 volumes of " The Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin 

 Messenger of Mathematics." 

 Mr. A. W. Waters, for a copy of his work, entitled 

 "Resultats du voyage du S. Y. Belgica en 1897 — 1898 

 — 1 899... Rapports scientifiques...Zoologie. Bryozoa," 

 1904. 

 A member of the Society, for an oil painting of Sir 

 Isaac Newton investigating his first spectrum, by Mr. 

 Lavender, of Southport. 



