Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London - University Library

Prof. Dr. Carl Gegenbaur. |
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Associate (1),
Mr. William Penney.
Foreign Members (2).
The followinsr 7 Fellows have resigned :
Mr. Charles Renfric Chichester.
Mr. John Morley Dennis.
Mr. James Edmund Harting.
Mr. F. M. Krause.
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Michael Woronin.
Mr. Henry Ernest Milner.
Mr. Lewis Ough.
Mr. Henry George Stacey.
Two Fellows have been removed from the list of Fellows by
order of the Council.
And 27 Fello\^'s (of whom 24 have qualified), 2 Associates, and
3 Foreign Members have been elected.
The Librarian's report was read as follows :
During the past year 131 Volumes and 135 Pamphlets have been
received as Donations from Private Individuals.
From the various Universities, Academies, and Scientific Societies,
291 volumes and 70 detached parts have been received in exchange
and otherwise, besides 57 volumes and 41 parts obtained by exchange
and as Donations from the Editors and Proprietors of independent
Periodicals.
The Council has sanctioned the purchase of 187 volumes and 83
parts of important works.
The total additions to the Library are therefore 666 volumes
and 329 separate parts.
The number of Books bound during the year is as follows :
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In half-morocco 333 volumes, in half-calf 15 volumes, in full cloth
186 volumes, in vellum 31 volumes, in buckram 21 volumes, in
boards or half-cloth 18 volumes. Relabelled (half-morocco and
cloth backs) 49 volumes. Total 653 volumes.
The General Secretary having read the Bye-Laws governing the
Elections, the President opened the business of the day, and the
Fellows present proceeded to Ballot for the Council and Officers.
The Ballot for the Council having been closed, the President nominated
Mr. W. Carruthers, Rev. Canon Fowler, and Mr. Henry
Groves, Scrutineers ; and the Votes having been counted and reported
to the President, he declared that the Rev. R. A. Bullen,
Prof. J. Reynolds Green, Mr. G. Massee, Colonel C. Swinhoe,
and Mr. A. O. Walker had been removed from the Council, and that