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The Report of the Proceedings, containing a record of 

 Exhibitions made at meetings, and discussions ivpon them, 

 consists of twenty-eight pages, a number which is far below 

 what it should be. The Proceedings would certainly be much 

 fuller and more interesting if Fellows displayed greater energy 

 in bringing objects of entomological interest for exhibition 

 and discussion. The average attendance at the meetings has 

 increased during the past year, but there are still many 

 Fellows resident in, or near, London who never, or very rarely, 

 attend the meetings or take any part in the Proceedings, or in 

 any way assist to promote the objects of the Society. 



During the past year ten books, not counting Transactions, 

 pamphlets and papers, have been added to the Library, and 

 the entry-book shows that two hundred and eighty-nine 

 volumes have been borrowed by Fellows. The increasing 

 size, however, of the Library, as a result among other things 

 of the Stainton Bequest, has seriously encroached upon the 

 book space at the disposal of the Librarian, and sooner or 

 later the question must arise as to the expediency of finding 

 more extensive accommodation. 



The financial prosperity of the Society continues. The 

 amount received for current subscriptions (£350 14.?. (V/.) is 

 in excess of that of any former year. Arrears of subscrip- 

 tions have come in to an extent that exceeded expectation. 

 Three Life Compositions have been received during the year, 

 and have been invested in Consols, the sum so invested being 

 now £729 3s. Od. represented b}~ £734 12s. lid. Consols. 



The expenditure for Plates reached the very large sum of 

 £163 2s. Zd. during the year, and this although the entire 

 cost of two Plates was defrayed by the author of one of 

 the papers illustrated. After carrying forward £13 13s. Od. 

 for subscriptions received in advance, the result of the year's 

 working shows an available balance of £56 16s. \d., with no 

 ascertained liabilities. 



Jf the Council can see their way towards maintaining a 

 respectable balance beyond the existing requirements of the 

 Society, it is probable that they will again take into considera- 

 tion the question of the appointment of a paid Assistant 

 Secretary, in addition to the present paid Librarian, in order 



