REPORT OF COUNCIL. 167 
Ph. D., F.L.S. ; ‘Note on Asteridia, occurring in Penium digitus,’ by 
William Archer ; ‘ On the Conjugation of Spirotenta condensata (Bréb.), 
and of Spirotenia truncata (Arch.), for the first time recorded in any 
species of this genus,’ by William Archer. The foregoing will appear 
in Part II. of the Fifth Volume of the Proceedings, and will be illus- 
trated by several plates. 
The carrying on of the exchange of publications with English and 
foreign societies has not been relaxed, as the ample parcels almost 
nightly brought forward abundantly testify. A vote of thanks has been 
uniformly accorded to the generous donors, but this poor recompense 
accompanying our own part of the ‘ Proceedings’ is not any adequate 
return for the stores of value contained in these journals—sources of re- 
ference in numerous departments but insufficiently availed of by local 
students in similar fields. The pity is that these journals are not in 
some common place of meeting of the members, where they could see 
what papers on subjects interesting to each have been brought forward 
by the numerous earnest and hardworking students who have in them 
detailed the results of their labours. A complete list of these journals 
will appear, and those who desire to use any of them can have them by 
notifying their wish to Mr. Archer, in whose temporary custody they 
are deposited. 
‘The museum last year received only a few accessions, and still 
remains in Mr. Williams’s house. 
‘““The state of the funds of the Society will appear from the Trea- 
surer’s Report. 
“The meetings of the Society have been regularly held in the Royal 
Irish Academy House, and your Council cannot but offer to its Council 
hearty thanks for this valuable accommodation, now for several seasons 
so kindly accorded. Owing to the press of papers towards the close of 
last Session, one additional supplementary general meeting was held. 
There remains nothing further for your outgoing Council to say 
beyond expressing their hope and desire that the coming Session may 
be not less active in the scientific way than that which has preceded it, 
and that with lessened expenses in the way of apartments, and thus in- 
creased means towards publishing, such an accession of new members, 
and of new work from the older contributors, may accrue, that a long 
future of increased scientific usefulness may be in store for the now, in 
years, somewhat venerable Natural History Society of Dublin.” 
The foregoing Report was adopted. 
The Treasurer then submitted his Report, by which it appeared there 
was a considerable balance in the Society’s favour. 
Mr. Porte and Mr. Johnston were appointed auditors to examine 
the accounts. 
The following were then declared elected as Officers and Council for 
the ensuing year :— 
