PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR 1895. 
FELLOWS. 
Ordinary . — During the year 1895, 17 new Fellows were elected, 
whilst 18 have died, and 25 have resigned or have been removed from the 
list for non-payment of subscriptions and other causes. The Council regret 
to report that the number of new Fellows elected is unprecedentedly small, 
whilst so many names have had to be removed from the list. In 1894, 
27, and in 1893, 37 new Fellows were elected. While the Council are 
aware that this Society alone is not suffering a diminution in the number 
of its Fellows, they feel that they should take this opportunity of press- 
ing on the Fellows the duty of urging the claims of the Society to the 
support of scientific men. 
Among the Fellows who have died, the Council regret to notice the 
names of Mr. A. E. Durham and Mr. C. Tyler, both of whom had for- 
merly served on the Council. 
Honorary . — No less than five Honorary Fellows have passed away 
during the year, and among them some of the most distinguished. They 
are: The Right Hon. Prof. T. H. Huxley, F.R.S. ; Mr. F. Kitton ; 
Prof. Sven Loven, of Stockholm ; M. Pasteur, of Paris ; and Prof. W. C. 
Williamson, F.R.S. In their places have been elected I)r. Anton Dohrn, 
the well-known Director of the Zoological Station at Naples; Prof. 
Camillo Golgi and Prof. Gustav Retzius, the distinguished histologists 
of Pavia and Stockholm, who have done so much for the new methods of 
staining ; and Hermann, Graf zu Solms Laubach, the eminent professor 
of botany in the University of Strasburg. The vacancy in the place of 
M. Pasteur remains to be filled. 
Ex-Officio . — During 1895 two vacancies have occurred in the list of 
Ex-officio Fellows of the Society, owing to the fact that two Microscopical 
Societies have ceased to exist — i. e. the North of England Microscopical 
Society, and the South London Microscopical and Natural History Club. 
The presidents of both these bodies were Ex-Officio Fellows. 
The list of Fellows now contains the names of 578 Ordinary, 1 Cor- 
responding, 49 Honorary, and 84 Ex-Officio Fellows, being a total of 
712. 
By order of the Council, a new List of Fellows was prepared and 
issued in May last. 
FINANCES. 
Subscriptions . — The Council regret to report that there is a marked 
falling off in the annual income from subscriptions. They feel it their 
urgent duty to impress upon the Fellows, on account of the heavy 
expenses connected with the Society, the desirability for a greater 
promptness in the payment of their annual dues. It is to the advantage 
of the Society that claims on it should be paid as they arise, and the 
paid officials have plenty of work which they can do if they are relieved 
from the duty — the disagreeable duty — of acting as <c duns.” The 
Council venture to urge on the Fellows the more general use of bankers’ 
orders, which can always be obtained from the Assistant-Secretary. 
Journal . — The amount received from their publishers for the sale of 
