The Journal has appeared as usual, and the cost of production 

 has once more been kept down to the lowest limit compatible 

 with efficiency. Should the membership continue to increase, 

 it amy shortly be possible to allow an increase of expenditure in 

 this direction, and this would doubtless tend to increase the supply 

 of papers, as it not infrequently happens that a valuable paper 

 has to be declined owing to the excessive cost of the illustrations 

 which would be required. 



The Hon. Curator reports that the demand for slides from 

 the Club's cabinets continues to increase, and that preparations 

 of a definite educational interest are now in greater request than 

 showy specimens. Over 2,500 slides have been borrowed during 

 the year, and the number would have been still larger but for 

 the fact that the limited accommodation at the Curator's disposal 

 often renders it impossible to cope with the demands received 

 during a meeting. The Curator trusts that those members whose 

 applications for the loan of slides could not be immediately dealt 

 with will appreciate this reason for the delay. 



The Club's lantern, which had got into an unsatisfactory con- 

 dition, has been overhauled and fitted with a new stand at the 

 expense of the President, to whom the Committee desire to 

 express their thanks for a gift which has added appreciably to 

 the utility of the instrument. 



During the year fifty-six slides have been added to the Cabinet 

 by donation or purchase, and several sections of the Cabinet 

 have been overhauled, preparations repaired, and where necessary 

 remounted, and defective slides replaced when possible by new 

 on< 



Nine excursions were held during the year, all of which were 



old ground. The average attendance at each excursion 



J fourteen, and, as usual, the excursion to the Roval Botanic 



hardens on April 8th was the most patronised, no less than 



