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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
Prof. Bell then read the Report of the Council for the past year, as 
follows : — 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
Fellows . — During the year 1890, forty-one new Fellows were elected, 
which is about the average of the last ten years, whilst thirty-six died 
or resigned. 
Three Honorary Fellows, Prof. H. Frey, Prof. W. Kitchen Parker, 
F.R.S., and Mr. J. Ralfs, died ; their places were supplied by the 
election of Prof. Leydig, of W iirzburg, the most distinguished of living 
histologists, Mr. H. B. Brady, F.R.S., well known for his numerous 
writings on Foraminifera, and Prof. W. C. Williamson. F.R.S., whose 
investigations have told us so much as to the flora of past ages. 
The death of Prof. G. Govi, Honorary Fellow, occurred in 1889, 
but his name was inadvertently omitted from the Report of last year. 
The list of Fellows now contains 663 Ordinary Fellows, 1 Corre- 
sponding, 49 Honorary, and 88 Ex-officio, or a total of 801. 
Finances . — As many of the Fellows who died or resigned were 
either compounders or subscribers under the old scale of one guinea, the 
annual revenue from subscriptions has been increased by 29 1. 8s. 
The capital funds of the Society are 1200?. in freehold mortgages, 
and 780?. 17s. 3d. invested in India 3 per cents., which is 95?. 2s. 5 d. 
less than the amount reported last year, this being the sum expended 
in the removal of the Society’s property from King’s College to the 
premises now occupied. 
Booms . — The Council are glad to report that the removal of the 
Library, Instruments, &c., to the new premises, at 20, Hanover-square, 
was effected without accident or loss of any kind. 
Library . — The Council note that during the past year the increased 
usefulness of the Library has been evidenced by the number of Fellows 
visiting the rooms or applying for the circulation of volumes, periodicals, 
&c., by means of the printed catalogue now issued. 
The Council are aware that the Society’s collection of works on the 
Microscope requires large additions to render it available for historical 
reference, and they hope progress will be made in the near future towards 
greater completeness of the Library in this direction. 
Instruments . — The Council are informed by the Secretaries that 
several applications have been made by Fellows during the past year 
for the use of a high-class Microscope, with objectives, &c., of the most 
approved construction, and they hope to deal with the subject satis- 
factorily during the ensuing year, as they fully recognize the importance 
of having such an instrument at the disposal of the Fellows. 
Journal . — The Council observe that, under the editorship of Prof. 
F. Jeffrey Bell, the Journal has been maintained on the lines so ably 
laid down by Mr. Frank Crisp, and they trust that the continued publi- 
cation on those lines will lead to its augmented prosperity. 
Transactions . — The Council urge upon the Society the great import- 
ance of obtaining original communications for publication in the ‘ Trans- 
actions’ ; they would impress upon the Fellows that such communications 
are of special interest at the meetings, and that it is on their publication 
that the scientific position of the Society is estimated. 
