SESSION 1906-1907. xliii 



259th Ordinary Meeting, 23rd April, 1907, at Watford. 



Edward Mawley, F.E.Met.Soc, F.E.H.S., V.M.H., Vice- 

 President, in the Chair. 



Mr. H. J. T. Broadwood, Mr. G. B. Dodwell, and Mr. J. D. 

 Geddes were elected Members of the Society. 



Mr. Claude Batley, Clarendon Chambers, Watford, was pro- 

 posed for membership. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "The Weather of the year 1906 in Hertfordshire." By 

 John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.E.Met.Soc, Assoc. Inst. C.E. 

 (Transactions, Vol. XIII, pp. 221-240.) 



A diagram was exhibited in illustration of the paper. 



2. " Eeport on Phenological Phenomena observed in Hertford- 

 shire during the year 1906." By Edward Mawley, F.E.Met. 

 Soc, F.E.H.S. (Transactions, Vol. XIII, pp. 241-248.) 



3. " Notes on Lepidoptera observed in Hertfordshire in the 

 year 1906." Bv A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., F.E.H.S., F.E.S. (Tra7is- 

 actions. Vol. XIII, pp. 199-204.) 



4. "A List of Hertfordshire Diptera." By A. E. Gibbs, 

 F.L.S., F.E.S., and Philip J. Barraud, F.E.S. (Transactions, 

 Vol. XIII, pp. 249-276.) 



5. " Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the 

 year 1906." By William Bickerton, M.B.O.U. (Transactions, 

 Vol. XIII, pp. 205-220.) 



6. " Eeport on the Conference of Delegates to the 

 British Association at York in 1906." By John Hopkinsou, 

 F.L.S., F.G.S., etc. 



The Conference met on the 2nd and 7th of August, the 

 Chairman, Sir Edward Brabrook, C.B., presiding at the first 

 meeting, and the Vice-Chairman, your Delegate, who contributes 

 this report, at the second. The following members of our 

 Society, amongst others, represented the Corresponding Societies 

 Committee :— Dr. H. E. Mill, Mr. F. W. Eudler (Secretary), 

 Mr. W. Whitaker, F.E.S. (Chairman of the Committee), and 

 your Delegate. 



First Meeting. 



In the Eeport of the Corresponding Societies Committee the 

 names of thirty Societies were given as having been admitted as 

 Associated Societies under the new rules, the Watford Camera 

 Club, represented by your Delegate, being one of them ; also 

 the names of eight admitted as Affiliated Societies, bringing up 

 the number of these to eighty. 



The question of reduced railway fares for the members of the 

 Corresponding Societies had received much attention by the 

 Committee, but the only practical result was that the Council, on 



