REPORT of the COUNCIL. 
Your Council has the pleasure of reporting that the fourth 
session (1889-90) has been in every way a successful one, 
and has been marked by a continued steady advance in 
the influence and usefulness of the Society. 
There have, as usual, been eight ordinary evening meet- 
ings at University College (October to May), and one day 
field-meeting at Hilbre Island in July. 
The attendance at the meetings has been good, and the 
interest taken by the members in the work of the Society 
seems to be constantly increasing. The number of Com- 
munications has been large, and they have extended over 
all departments of Biology. 
The Library has been very greatly increased during the 
session and now contains eight hundred and twenty-eight 
volumes and pamphlets. Tixchanges have been arranged 
with a number of additional societies at home and abroad, 
and others are in process of negociation or in contempla- 
tion. The bookcase containing the lhbrary is now more 
than filled, and additional shelving is very urgently 
required. 
After careful consideration at two successive meetings 
of Council it was decided, on December 13th, 1889, that, 
beginning with the present session, the publications of the 
Society should be issued as ‘‘ Proceedings and Transactions 
of the Liverpool Biological Society,’ and that there should 
be two distinct parts :—(1.) ‘‘ Proceedings,” consisting of 
the official lists, laws, and announcements of the Society, 
the reports of the Council, Treasurer, and Librarian, and 
of a summary of the proceedings at each meeting of the 
Society, arranged chronologically; and (2.) ‘“‘ Transac- 
