PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
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The Report of the Council for the year 1898 was read by the 
Secretary, as follows : — 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR 1898. 
FELLOWS. 
Ordinary . — During the year 1898, 33 new Fellows were elected, 
whilst 11 have died, 17 have resigned, and 15 have been removed from 
the list for non-payment of subscriptions and other causes. 
Honorary . — Two Honorary Fellows, Prof. G. J. Allman and Prof. 
F. Cohn, have died, and the vacancies caused by their deaths remain 
unfilled. 
The list of Fellows now contains the names of 506 Ordinary, 
1 Corresponding, 48 Honorary, and 83 Ex-Officio Fellows, being a total 
of 638. 
FINANCE. 
The cash statement for 1898 is in many respects much more satisfac- 
tory than that of many previous years. 
Without selling out any investments, the Council has been able to 
meet all the year’s liabilities, and also to set aside a sum of 2507, now 
on deposit. This it is hoped will enable the Society to replace some of 
its investments, which had to be sold out to clear up the arrears of the 
liabilities of former years. The investments remain the same as last 
year, and amount to 11157. 11s. Id . ; but to this must be added the sum 
of 2507 on deposit at the Union Bank of London. 
The amount received from the sale of the Journal is larger than 
that of the previous year ; this however does not arise from an increased 
sale of the J ournal, but is due to an early payment by the publishers. 
The contract for advertisements for 1898 is more advantageous to 
the Society than that of previous years, though only a moiety of the 
amount has yet been received. 
The item of expenditure for screw tools covers a stock which the 
Society holds in hand for future sales. 
JOURNAL. 
The Summary of Current Researches in Zoology, Botany (including 
Bacteriology) and Microscopy has been continued in the Journal during 
the year as heretofore, under the Editorship of Mr. A. W. Bennett, with 
the assistance of several Fellows of the Society. This summary intro- 
duces to the notice of English scientific readers a fairly complete resume 
of all observations and discoveries in zoology and botany of any import- 
ance, made throughout the world during the year, and of all new inven- 
tions and new applications in the structure of the Microscope, and of 
new applications and apparatus, &c., in microscopial technique. 
The editorial staff lias agreed to continue its work on the same con- 
ditions as have existed for the past two years. 
