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hoped that the good sense of members will not allow this state 

 of things to continue, as, putting it on no higher grounds, it 

 imposes a very heavy task on the Hon. Treasurer, as well as 

 considerable expense to the Club itself for postage and 

 stationery. The other items of extra expenditure over the 

 previous year are in the Journal account and for bookbinding, 

 which is included in the amount for purchase of property. 



The excursions last season were very well attended, and 

 although the dry weather had somewhat reduced the water in 

 the ponds, a few new, rare, or interesting organisms were 

 obtained, which will be found recorded in the November 

 Journal. 



Your Committee beg to thank the officers of the Club for 

 their continued and indispensable services in their several 

 departments. 



In conclusion the Committee venture to express the hope and 

 belief that in spite of periods of elevation and depression, which 

 appear to be inevitable in scientific matters as in other human 

 concerns, the Quekett Club will continue to carry on its work 

 in the present year based upon the best traditions of the thirty 

 which have preceded it. 



