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D LINNEAN SOCIETY OE LONDON. 



iJNNIVEESAEY MEETING, TUESDAY, MAY 24ih, 1881. 



Prof. Allman, LL.D., P.E.S., President, in the Ohfiir.— There was a numerous 

 attendance of the FelloTPs. — The Treasurer presented his Annual Account, 

 see page 3 of wrapper. — Afterwards the Secretary (Mr. B. Daydon Jackson) 

 read hia Eeport. Since the last AnniTersary 11 Fellows of the Society 

 had died and i had withdrawn. Against this 37 new Fellows had been 

 elected, besides 1 Foreign Member and 1 Associate. During the past year 

 there had been received as Donations to the Library 106 Tolurnes and 125 

 pamphlets and separate memoirs. From Scientific Societies in exchange 

 tliere had been received 96 volumes and 248 detached parts of publications, 

 besides 23 vols, of Donations from Editors of independent periodicals. Some 

 90 vols, had been purchased, viz. 80 separate and 63 serials equal to 10 vols. 

 The total additions to tlie Library being 315 vols, and 373 separate parts. 

 Framed water-colour sketches of Dr. Eob. Brown's birthplace, his London resi- 

 dence, and of Sir Joseph Banks's Library had been presented by Mr. R. Kippist. 

 Tlie Society's CoUeetions and Herbaria had been duly examined!~»id reported 

 on to the Council as in good condition. After 50 years' service Sji"- Eppist 

 liad resigned his position aa Librarian to the Society, and the Council in ac- 

 knowledgment thereof, had gi-anted him a retiring pension. — Thereant^^ pre- 

 sentation of portraits of the late Mr. John Miers and of Prof. St. George BlQvart 

 were made. — Prof. Allnian then delivered his Anniversary Address, " EecSj^* 

 Advances in our Knowledge of the Development of the Ctenophora." — Ti'^^ 

 Secretary afterwards read Obituary Notices of the several Fellows, making*' 

 special mention of Mr. E. B. Alston (late Zool. Secretary), Mr. John Gould * 

 (Ornithologist), Mr. Gerrard Krefft (of Sydney), Dr. Lauder Lindsay, and K. 

 A. Pryor, of Herts. — The Scrutineers having examined the ballot, then re- 1 

 ported that Mr. A. W. Bennett, Mr. F. Darwin, Prof. E. E. Lankester, Sir J. 

 Lubbock, and Mr. G. J. Eomanes had been elected into the Council in the room 

 of E. E. Alston (deceased). Dr. T. Boycott, Prof. M. Foster, Dr. J. G. Jeffreys, 

 and Prof. Mivart, who retired ; and for Officers, Sir J. Lubbock as President, 

 F. Currey as Treasurer, B. D. Jackson and G. J. Eomanes as Secretaries. 



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LIST OE THE OFFICEES AND COUNCIL. 



PRESIDENT. 

 Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S. 

 VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

 Prof. G. J. Allman, LL.D., P.E.S. I Charles Baron Clarke, M.A.,P.as 

 George Busk, F.E.S.,F.G.S. | Frank Crisp, B.A., LL.B. 



SECRETARIES. 

 B. Daydon Jackson. | George J. Eomanes, F.R.S. 



TREASURER. 

 Frank Crisp, M.A., LL.B. 



COUNCIL. 



Prof. G. J. Allman, LL.D., F.E.S. 

 Alfred W. Bennett, M.A., B.Sc. 

 George Busk, F.E.S., F.G.S. 

 Charles Baron Clarke, M.A., F.G.S. 

 Frank Crisp, B.A., LL.B. 

 Eev. James M. Crombie, M.A., F.G.S. 

 William Sweetland Dallas. 

 Francis Darwin, M.B. 



Arthur Grote, P.G.S., E.A.S. 



B. Daydon Jackson. 



Sir John Kirk, K.C.M.G. 



Prof B. Eay Lankester, P.E.S. 



Sir J. Lubbo'ek, Bart., LL.D,, P.E.i 



Eobert M-- cLachlan, F.E.S. 



George J. Eomanes, F.E.S. 



LIBRARIA'-f. 

 James Murie, M.D., LL.D. 



ASSISTANT IN THE LIBRARY. 

 James Vi''e8t. 



