slides from the Club's cabinets, about 2,250 slides having been 

 issued during- the year. The descriptive botanical series pre- 

 pared by Mr. R. Paulson have been continuously on loan, and 

 are highly appreciated. The total number of slides added to the 

 Cabinet by donations during the year is 115. Fifty of these 

 were presented by Miss Andrews (through Mr. J. M. Offord, 

 F.R.M.S.) in memory of her late father, a very old member of 

 the Club. Handsome donations were also received from Messrs. 

 C. F. Rousselet, F.R.M.S., J. M. Offord, F.R.M.S., and H. 

 Taverner, F.R.M.S., to whom, and to the other donors, the 

 Committee desire to express their thanks. They also desire to 

 express their thanks to Messrs. J. P. Miles and 0. Whiting for 

 valuable assistance rendered to the Hon. Curator in the distri- 

 bution of slides. 



Eight excursions were held during the year, which were 

 attended in all by 105 members, being an average of thirteen 

 to each excursion, the same as in 1903, when nine excursions 

 were held. The visit to the Royal Botanical Gardens, as usual, 

 commanded the largest attendance. The thanks of the Club 

 are due to Lieut. -Colonel G. Lyon Tupman, F.R.M.S., at whose 

 invitation and under whose guidance a very enjoyable excursion 

 was held by a limited number of members on June 11th, 1904, 

 in the Harrow district. 



The Excursions Sub-Committee propose, if the matter receives 

 due support, to hold a w T eek-end excursion during the summer of 

 1905 to some centre farther from London than can be reached in 

 the ordinary half-day trip. Members disposed to join the party 

 should communicate with Mr. C. D. Soar, F.R.M.S., in order that 

 the necessary arrangements may be made. 



The year 1904 has been marked by an event of considerable 

 importance to the Club — viz. the conclusion of a formal agree- 

 ment between the Club and its landlords, the Council of the 

 Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society. When the Club removed 

 from University College to its present abode in January, 1890, 

 no formal agreement was entered into, and so matters remained 

 until the beginning of 1904, when it became necessary to secure 

 further accommodation for the Club's collections and books. 

 Aiter prolonged negotiations this has been obtained, and the 

 tenancy of the Club secured under agreement for a period of five 

 years, which will expire in November 1909. This was effected 

 only at a considerable increase in the Club's rent, which will in 

 future be at the rate of £75 per annum instead of £54 12s., as 



