REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. APRIL 28th, 1880. [Members.] THE Council of the Royal Society of Literature have the honour to report to the Members of the Society that, since their last Anniversary Meeting, held in the Society's House, on Wednesday, April 30th, 1879, there has been the following change in, and addition to, the Members of the Society. Thus, they have to announce with regret the death of their Members THE RIGHT HONOURARLE THE EARL OF DURHAM. and of their Honorary Member THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR WILLIAM ERLE, D.C.L., 471 and of their Honorary Foreign Member DR. A. D. MORDTMANN. On the other hand, they have much pleasure in announcing that the following gentlemen have been elected Members :— WALTER S. RODWAY, Esq., M.A. GEORGE HAWKES, Esq. FREDK. ALLISON, Esq. ROBERT G. WATTS, Esq., M.D. BENJAMIN T. MORGAN, Esq. ALEXANDER J. JAPP, Esq., M.D. GRAYSON MADDEN, Esq. WALTER WELLSMAN, Esq. GEORGE RUSSELL ROGERSON, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.R.G.S. A. GREENWOOD, ESQ., M.A., LL.D., F.G.S. They have, also, much pleasure in laying [Funds.] before the Society the following report on the state of the funds of the Society, which has been duly audited by Mr. H. W. WILLOUGHBY. 473 The Council have further to report that Donations ] Donations to the Library have been received from THE ROYAL SOCIETY. THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN. THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES, THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. THE LONDON INSTITUTION. THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. THE SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. THE EAST INDIA ASSOCIATION, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE. THE FREE LIBRARIES COMMITTEE, BIRMINGHAM, THE CANADIAN INSTIAUTE. THE PUBLIC FREE LIBRARIES, MANCHESTER. THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND. 474 THE AGENT-GENERAL OF NEW ZEALAND. THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NEW YORK. THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ST. PETERSBURG. THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF BRUSSELS. THE PROPRIETORS OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. THE PROPRIETORS OF THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. THE PROPRIETORS OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVIEW. THE PROPRIETORS OF NATURE. THE ASTOR LIBRARY, NEW YORK. C. H. E. CARMICHAEL, Esq. JAMES HENRY, Esq. JOHN COUTTS, Esq. Messrs. WILSON AND SONS. MORTON EDWARDS, Esq. E. W. BRABROOK, Esq., F.S.A. E. ST. JOHN FAIRMAN, Esq. C. ROACH SMITH, Esq., F.S.A. WALTER WELLSMAN, Esq. SAMUEL DAVEY, Esq. |