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during the ensuing year the Council venture to express a 
hope that its advantages will become more generally known 
and appreciated among the class of students and lovers of 
science for whose convenience and benefit it was intended. 
The Librarian reports that the third volume of the So- 
ciety’s third series of Memoirs, as well as the fifth, sixth, 
and seventh volumes of the “ Proceedings,” have been 
forwarded during the past year to the Honorary and 
Corresponding Members of the Society, and to the various 
learned societies who send their publications in exchange. 
The list of these latter is yearly increasing, and the total 
number now in relation with the Society is 311, viz. — 
Societies in Great Britain 79 
Societies abroad 2 32 
311 
The binding of the works in the Library has not been 
carried on to the same extent as last year, 78 volumes only 
having passed through the binder’s hands. The number of 
new works received during the year has been so great as to 
entirely exhaust the shelf-accommodation, and one of the 
first matters requiring the attention of the new Council will 
be to make adequate provision for the various publications 
coming to hand daily. 
The serials subscribed for by the Society continue to be 
purchased by the Librarian, and in addition several very 
valuable works have been added to the Library at the joint 
expense of the Society and of the Microscopical and Natural 
History Section. 
On the motion of Mr. J. Barrow, seconded by Mr. H. 
Wilde, the Annual Report was unanimously adopted. 
On the motion of Mr. J. S. Kipping, seconded by Mr. 
J. Francis, it was resolved unanimously — “ That the system 
of electing Sectional Associates be continued during the 
ensuing session.” 
