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us a formal address. They were also afforded the further advantage of 
seeing for themselves under the Microscopes on the table many of the 
points of interest which had been described. 
Mr. W. T. Suffolk having seconded the motion, it was put to the 
meeting and carried unanimously. 
The President was much obliged for this expression of their good 
will. He feared that he had on the whole been rather a poor President, 
especially so far as his addresses were concerned, the great pressure 
upon his time making it almost impossible to do what he could have 
desired in the matter. 
Prof. Bell then read the Report of the Council for the past year as 
follows : — 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR 1892. 
Fellows . — During the year 1892, 32 new Fellows were elected, whilst 
20 have died and 36 have resigned. Among the deaths the Council 
note with regret that of the first President of the Society — the veteran 
Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B., F.R.S. The considerable increase in the 
number of resignations may be explained by the Treasurer’s efforts to 
obtain subscriptions due to the Society from Fellows who are no longer 
interested in it. 
The List of Fellows now contains the names of 622 Ordinary, 
1 Corresponding, 50 Honorary, and 86 Ex-officio ; or a total of 759. 
Finances . — Notwithstanding that the numerous deaths and resigna- 
tions have exceeded those of previous years, the Council are glad to 
report that the annual income from subscriptions is slightly above the 
average of the last five years. 
The Council note with satisfaction that the sale of the Journal is 
still increasing, the amount received from their publishers showing an 
increase of 37/. 6s. over that of last year. 
Booms . — The negociations with the Society’s landlords having been 
concluded, the rooms have been (as was promised in last year’s Report) 
opened for the use of Fellows on every Wednesday evening from 
November to June, and the Council are pleased to notice that the 
Fellows have expressed satisfaction with this arrangement. 
Library . — The addition of six new bookcases has greatly relieved the 
hitherto congested state of the Library, and allowed of the completion 
of the re-arrangement of the books. The Council have to report that a 
new Catalogue of the Library is being prepared, which will further 
increase the usefulness of the Library to the Fellows. 
Journal . — Save the proof afforded by the money returns, there is 
nothing special to report with regard to the Journal of last year. The 
Council have with great reluctance been compelled to raise the price of 
the Journal to non-Fellows from 5s. to 6s. per number, but this step 
has been forced on them by the higher rate at which printers are now 
paid. 
The Transactions, on which, as before, the Council feel that the 
reputation of the Society as a scientific body largely depends, contain 
