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The President said that this year (1908) would afford an 

 opportunity for celebrating the jubilee of the Theory of Natural 

 Selection, as propounded by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel 

 Wallace in 1858 ; and that next year would be the jubilee year 

 of the publication of the " Origin of Species," and the centenary 

 of Charles Darwin's birth; and he thought that the chance of 

 signalising the occasion by sending an appropriate communication 

 from the Society to Dr. Wallace, as the surviving veteran, should 

 not be lost sight of. 



On the motion of Professor Wilson it was resolved that the 

 question of suitably commemorating the approaching interesting 

 anniversaries referred to by the President be remitted to the 

 Council for the arrangement of details. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting, amounting to 16 Vols., 63 Parts or Nos., 9 

 Bulletins, 1 Report, 20 Pamphlets, and 3 Maps, received from 16 

 Societies, &c, and two Individuals, were laid upon the table. 



