xxxviii Annual Report of the Council. 



During the three months January-March, 1898, a record has 

 been kept of the accessions to the Hbrary, showing that, during 

 that period, 261 serials and 11 separate works were received, a 

 total of 272 volumes. The donations during the session (exclu- 

 sive of the usual exchanges) amount to 68 volumes and 120 

 dissertations ; and 9 books have been purchased (in addition to 

 the periodicals on the regular subscription list). 



The Society has arranged to exchange publications with the 

 following : Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland ; 

 Universite de Lyon ; Goteborgs Stadsbibliotek ; Kansas Univer- 

 sity Quarterly^ Lawrence ; Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis ; 

 and the Queensland Museum, Brisbane. 



The undermentioned periodicals have been added to the 

 list of those subscribed for by the Society : — Natural Science 

 (London) ; Proceedings of the Malacological Society (London) ; 

 Science Progress (London) \ Zooiogische fahrbiicher (Jena) ; 

 Journal fiir Ornithologie (Leipsic) ; Mathematische Annalen 

 (Leipsic) ; American Journal of Scie?tce (New Haven) ; and The 

 Auk (New York). 



The printing of the list of serial publications referred to in 

 the last report has been delayed owing to the decision of the 

 Council to make a catalogue of the scientific serials available in 

 Manchester, as far as lists can be officially obtained, with an 

 indication of the libraries in which they are to be found. The 

 negotiations have made considerable progress. 



The Council appointed the Assistant Secretary and Librarian 

 to represent the Society at the second International Library 

 Conference, which met in London in July last, and was attended 

 by a large number of delegates from Great Britain and abroad. 



The Council has awarded : — 



The Wilde Medal for 1898 to Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, 

 G.C.S.I., C.B., F.R.S., in recognition of the eminent services he 

 has rendered to all branches of botanical science ; 



A Dalton Medal (struck in 1864) to Dr. Edward Schunck, 

 F.R.S., for the remarkable series of researches on the natural 



