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THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



Your Committee is again able to report favourably upon the 

 Club's progress during the past year. 



During the twelve months ending December 31st, 1903, thirty- 

 three new members were elected. This may be considered a 

 very satisfactory total, as it represents the average number 

 elected during the last ten years, which include the two remark- 

 ably prosperous years, 1901 and 1902, during which the large 

 number of ninety-nine new members were elected. Twenty-six 

 members have been lost owing to resignation or removal, and 

 four have died. Three of these were old members of the Club, 

 Mr. J. W. May having joined so far back as May 1871, and 

 Mr. W. Stuart Smith in August 1872 ; while the third, and 

 perhaps the best known, Mr. Washington Teasdale, had been a 

 member since August 1878. The total number on the books of 

 the Club on December 31st was 379, as compared with 370 in 

 the previous year. 



The attendance, both on " gossip " nights, and at the ordinary 

 meetings, has been quite up to the average of previous years, and 

 the Club is probably favoured with larger gatherings than any 

 other society of its kind in London. The number and quality 

 of the exhibits also show no signs of falling off. 



The chief communications read at the meetings of the year are 

 as follows : — 



Jan. The Male Organs of Scatophaga 



lutaria and S. stercoraria . Mr. Wesche. 



Some points in the Structure 



and Life-history of Diatoms. Mr. Rowley. 



Synopsis of the Known Species 

 of British Fresh-water Ento- 

 mostraca. — Part T. Cladocera Mr. Scourfield. 



On the Larva of an Hydrachnid 

 found in the Stomach of a 

 Trout ..... Mr. Soar. 

 Feb. President's Address on Fermen- 

 tation and Putrefaction . Mr. Massee. 



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