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it reveals a very satisfactory position. There is an increase of 5 5 

 members since the last report, the total now standing at 286. The 

 council have to record with the greatest possible regret the loss sus- 

 tained by the death of the distinguished president, Sir Richard Temple. 

 He has been succeeded by Sir Samuel Wilks. No less than 36 meet- 

 ings were held in 1902, a fact which amply testifies to the energy and 

 enthusiasm of the officials and members. The council desire to place 

 on record their high appreciation of the valuable services rendered to 

 the society by the hon. secretary, Mr Basil Martin, who has occupied 

 this post since the formation of the society to the present time. The 

 report contains a risumi of the proceedings at the meetings, the papers 

 contributed being of the most varied and interesting nature. 



If any one doubts the right of archaeology to hold a prominent place 

 in our field work we advise him to read the Proceedings of the Somerset- 

 shire Archaeological and Natural History Society for 1902, which we 

 have received. There they will find 120 pages of matter devoted to the 

 results of the year's work on this subject, and excellent work it is. We 

 regret space forbids more than a mere mention of the subjects, of which 

 Excavations at the Glastonbury Lake Village are among the most 

 interesting and best illustrated. This society has now no less than 

 612 members, including honorary members, and includes some very 

 well-known workers amongst its list. All British archaeologists should 

 possess these Proceedings, which are published at 10s. 6d. to non- 

 members. 



The Transactions of the British Mycological Society for the season 

 1902 contain the report of the Hereford Foray and complete list of the 

 Fungi gathered, an article by M. C. Cooke on Recent British Fungi 

 (coloured plate), one on Acrospeira mirabilis (plate) by R. H. Biffen, 

 Notes on a Species of Stilbum by Miss Lorrain Smith, and Some 

 Notes on Fungi New to Britain by Miss Lorrain Smith and Carleton 

 Rea (hon. secretary), as well as two other contributions. 



The 'Essex Naturalist' (the journal of the Essex Field Club) for 

 December 1902 is full of good things, as the Transactions of this club 

 always are. We would specially draw attention to the article on the 

 Spiders of Epping Forest by F. P. Smith (with 3 plates), a most 

 valuable and instructive contribution for field workers ; and, secondly, to 

 Mr Lewis's paper on the Oak-Galls and Gall Insects of Epping Forest. 

 The membership of the club is reported at 284. 



The 33rd Annual Report of the Wellington College Natural Science 

 Society is on the usual lines, and contains short notes of the various 

 lectures and papers lead during the year, and the sectional reports. It 

 is very gratifying to see the attention paid to natural science in some of 

 our public schools nowadays, and this is an example. 



