
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. Vill. 
I. October 29th, 1887. 
1. Election of the Office-bearers and Council. 
2. Inaugural Address by the President, Dr. J. Drysdale, 
on ‘The Definition of Life as affected by the 
Protoplasmic Theory.” 
II. November 12th, 1887. 
1. The Foundation and First Year’s Work of the Puffin 
Island Biological Station. By Prof. Herdman, D.Sc. 
2. Second Report on the Copepoda of Liverpool Bay. 
By I. C. Thompson, F.L.8. 
3. Report on the Land Mollusca of Puffin Island. By 
Alfred Leicester. 
4. Report on the Higher Crustacea found in Liverpool 
Bay. By A. O. Walker, J,P., F.L.8, 
5. An Actiniarian found in Liverpool Bay. By J. W. 
IDHEG, Ub yd an (Gya ry 
6. Report on the Polyzoa of Puffin Island. By J. 
Lomas, Assoc. N.S.S. 
Ill. December 10th, 1887. 
1. A Report upon the Geology of Puffin Island. By 
J. W. Gregory, F.G.S., Assistant in the Geological 
Department of the British Museum, 
2. On a Modified Tract of Ectoderm in Crania anomala. 
By Alice Heath. 
3. The Terminology of the Reproductive Organs of 
Plants. By R. J. Harvey Gibson, M.A. 
IV. January 14th, 1888. 
1. On the recommendation of the Council, H.M. King 
Kalakao was elected an Honorary Member of the 
Society. 
2. General Account of a Biological Visit to the Canary 
Islands. By I. C. Thompson, F.L.S. 
