XV 
The Gth Volume of our Transactions.. 25th April 1871 to 
1 1th April 1872, has been published, it would have been 
publishsd sooner but for the lamented death of Mr. Chan- 
nell : 150 copies have been struck off, and distributed 
among the members, 2 have been sent to the Secretary 
of State, and some other to the Scientific bodies, and 
foreign members in correspondence with the Society. 
The materials are ready for the publication of the 7th 
Volume— they will be sent to tlm press by the Secre- 
tary, as soon as he shall obtain the necessary authority. 
Our Society, has received for custody the remain of the 
library of the late J. Desjardins. No action has been 
taken in that direction. The books mostly incomplete 
and which the Society only received in memory of one of 
its most distinguished members, are fast decaying, resigned 
to their impending fate. 
The care of the Library of the Society, of which several 
books have been rebound this years, takes up a large share 
of the time of the person in charge thereof. He has no 
sufficient time to spare for books which are not the So- 
ciety’s property, and which if no steps are taken, will be- 
come a perfect incumberauce. 
In summing up this Report which I have had the honor 
to lay before you, it will be easy for Your Honor and the 
Gentlemen present, to distinguish these members who 
have most contributed to the progress of the Society, each 
in the limit of his attributions and of his special studies. 
Allow me to bring them to your special notice and to 
call your kind attention to them. 
The first names which suggest themselves, are Mr 
Descroizilles, Col. I ’ike, Dr Le Juge and Mr Robillard. 
Mr Descroizilles, you remember, sent to the last Exhi- 
bition very superior specimen of silk and cocoons — but 
without appearing as a competitor, as he wished to leave 
an open field for the others. He does not the less deserve 
