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The following papers or lectures have been read or delivered 

 during the year : — 



Jan. 15, at "Watford. — Crocodiles and Canaries ; by Arthur Stradlin.c, F.Z.S. 

 Feb. 19, at Wattord. — Anniversary Address : Francis IJacon ; by the Presi- 



dnit, John Ilopkinson, F.L.S.. F.G.S., F.R.Met.Hoc. 

 March 16, at Hertford. — An hour with the Microscope at a Pond-side ; by F. 



W. Phillips. 



18, at "Watford. — Report on the Rainfall in Hertfordshire in 1892; by 



John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.Met.Soc. 



Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 1891 ; by 



Henrv Lewis. 

 April 8, at St. Albans.— The Natural History of the Diamond ; by F. W. 



Rudler, F.G.S., M.A.I. 

 May 6, at "Watford.-^Meteorological Observations taken at The Grange, St. 



Albans, during the year 1891 ; by John Hopkinson, F.L.S., 



F.G.S., F.R.Met.Soc. 



A Naturalist's Calendar for Mid -Hertfordshire ; by J. J. "\\^illis. 



Report on Phenological Phenomena observed in Hertfordshire during 



the year 1891 ; by Edward Mawley, F.R.Met.Soc, F.R.H.S. 

 Nov. 15, at St. Albans. — Notes on the Mycetozoa, with a List of Species from 

 Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire ; by James Saunders. 



18, at Watford. — Coal: its Nature, Origin, Position, and Extent; and 



its Range under the South of England ; by Professor T. Rupert 

 Jones, F.R.S., F.G.S. 

 Dec. 16, at "Watford. — Ice and its "Work ; by John Morison, M.D., F.G.S. 



At the meetings on the 18th of March and the 6th of May a 

 discussion was held on the proposed scheme for the regulation of 

 Bricket Wood Common. 



The following Field Meetings were held during the year : — 



May 7. — Harpenden and East Hyde. July 2. — Abbot's Langley and Bed- 



21. — Aldenbam, Watford. mont. 



28.— St. Albans. Oct. 8.— Gorhambury, St. Albana. 



June 25. — Gorhambury, St. Albans. 13. — Bro.xbourne and Wormley. 



A visit was also made to the British Museum (Natural History) 

 on the 30th of April, when Mr. Stradling gave a description of the 

 gigantic extinct Mammalia and the Index Collection. 



The thanks of the Society are due for hospitality kindly afforded 

 at the Field Meetings to Mr. and Mrs. Larkin, Delrow, Aldenham ; 

 to the President and Mrs. Ilopkinson, The Grange, St. Albans ; to 

 Mr. and Mrs. Purrott, Maynes, St. Albans ; to Major Reynolds 

 Solly and Mrs. Solly, Serge Hill, Bedmont ; and to Mr. Henry 

 Warner, Wormley. The Society is also indebted to the Earl of 

 Verulam for his kindness in showing to the members his interesting 

 collection of paintings and antiquities at Gorhambury in October. 



The appointment of a Royal Commission on the water-supply of 

 the Metropolis was announced in the last annual report. The 

 Commission began its labours early in the year, and the following 

 members of our Society have given evidence before it : — Sir John 

 Evans, K.C.B., F.R.S., Mr. Urban Smith, and our President, 

 Mr. Hopkinson, on behalf of the Hertfordshire County Council ; 

 Mr. G. J. Symons, F.R.S., and Mr. W. Whitaker, F.R.S., on 

 behalf of the London County Council; and Mr. W. Topley, F.R.S., 

 on behalf of the London Water Companies. The work of the Com- 



