REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 1K 
Dr. Alfred Giard, Professor of Evolution at the Sorbonne, 
Paris. 
Dr. Carl Claus, Professor of Zoology and Comparative 
Anatomy, Vienna. 
During the session two Ordinary Members have resigned 
and ten have been elected; while twenty Student Members 
have resigned and twelve have joined the Society. So 
that the number of members at present on the roll is:— 
TELOINOTEWAY cooopnopepasoAnnoe 5 
OMGMA Ve vadendcneeleeeae ns 62 
STRUIC IIa so coer tor gee aemnne 41 
Total...108 
The following is a summary of the proceedings at the 
meetings held during this the third session :— 
I. October 12th, 1888. 
1. Election of the Office-bearers and Council. 
2. Inaugural Address by the President, Prof. Herdman, 
D.Sc., on “Some Recent Contributions to the 
Theory of Evolution.” 
II. November 12th, 1888. 
1. Description and Demonstration of the Action of a 
new Deep Sea Tow-net. By W. H. Hoyle, M.A., 
M.R.C.S. 
2. Second Annual Report of the Liverpool Marine 
Biological Station on Puffin-Island. By Professor 
Herdman, D.Sc., President. 
3. Report on the Alge of Puffin Island, Part I. By 
R. J. Harvey Gibson, M.A. 
4. Some Recent Additions to the Anatomical Museum. 
By Professor W. Mitchell Banks. 
