The attendance at the ordinary General Meetings 

 has throughout the session been larger than for many 

 years, and the papers read have been at least equal in 

 interest and importance to those of any previous session. 

 Before the commencement of the session, the Council 

 adopted the plan of printing upon a card the names of 

 the authors, with the titles, and the dates fixed for read- 

 ing their respective papers. This, which on account of 

 the insufficient supply of papers could not be accomplished 

 until the present year, has been so successful, that the 

 retiring Council would recommend its adoption to their 

 successors. While the due supply of papers, with a 

 knowledge of the subjects about to be brought under 

 discussion, is almost certain to draw large audiences, a 

 good attendance is a powerful incentive to the production 

 of interesting and important papers. From a comparison 

 of the subjoined list of papers read before the Society 

 with the sessional card, it will be seen that, with two 

 exceptions only, they are the same. Dr. Mayne kindly 

 supplied the place of Mr. Nevins, whose health did not 

 permit his appearance : the other alteration was occasioned 

 by Mr. Wildsmith politely withdrawing his communica- 

 tion, to afford Mr. Chantrell an opportunity for read- 

 ing (before its appearance elsewhere) an interesting ac- 

 count of the old Parish Church. 



Only two of the evenings devoted to the Private 

 Meetings have been occupied : this is explained by 



