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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



For the Session 1900=1901 



HE Council beg to report that the number of members, 

 during the past year has not materially altered, and 

 X 7 they trust that the members will induce their friends 

 who may be interested in the subjects discussed by 

 the Society to join its ranks and contribute to the papers and 

 discussions which are of so much interest. 



The Council have, with much regret, to record the 

 death of Mr. Thomas Moore, F.R.C.S., who joined the 

 Society in 1883, was a member of the Council for some 

 years, and in the years 1890-92 filled the Presidential Chair, 

 much to the benefit of the Society. 



At the ordinary meetings of the Society during the past 

 year the following papers were read, viz. : — 



March, 1900. — Mr. Geo. Draper, F.R.G.S., gave an 

 address on " Modern Signalling" and on "The Marquis of 

 Worcester's Visual Correspondence of 1655." 



May, 1900. — Mr. Bennett prepared a paper on "The 

 Movements of the Fins of the Salmonidae." 



November, 1900. — Mr. Stanley Edwards exhibited speci- 

 mens of Lyccenidoe from various parts of the world, and 

 Mr. H. F. Witherby, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., exhibited various, 

 specimens of birds captured by him on his journey up the 

 White Nile. 



December, 1900. — Mr. A. D. Webster, F.R.S.E., read a 

 paper on " The Fauna and Flora of Greenwich Park/' 



January, 1901. — Dr. Walter Kidd, M.D., F.Z.S., read a 

 paper on " The Direction of Hair in Mammals," illustrated 

 by various diagrams. An abstract of these papers will be 

 printed with the transactions of the Society. 



