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Ordijjaky Meeting, 30th November, 1880, at Hertford. 



J. GwYN Jeffreys, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., etc., President, in the Chair. 



Mrs. Carlile, Ponsbourne Park, Hertford ; Mr. George Gisby, 

 Ware ; Mr. Thomas Odell, Castle Street, Hertford ; Commander 

 John H. E. Parker, E.ISr., Ware Park ; Mr. Henry Robins, 

 Railway Street, Hertford ; and Mr. Robert Smith, Goldiugs, 

 Hertford, were proposed as Members of the Society. 



The following lecture was delivered : — 



" The Voyage of the ' Challenger.' " By H. N. Moseley, M.A., 

 F.R.S. 



Mr. Moseley exhibited, by means of the oxy-hydrogen lantern, 

 beautifully-executed illustrations of the rarer or more interesting 

 organisms dredged or otherwise obtained in the course of the 

 ' Challenger ' expedition ; and at the conclusion of ' the lecture a 

 vote of thanks was accorded to him, on the proposition of the 

 President, seconded by Mr. Abel Smith, M.P. 



Ordinar? Meeting, 14th December, 1880, at Watford. 



J. GwvN Jeffreys, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., etc., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Charles Butler, Warren Wood, Hatfield; Mrs. Carlile, 

 Ponsbourne Park, Hertford ; Mr. George Gisby, Widbury Hill, 

 Ware ; the Rev. E. Ernest W. Kirkby, the Yicarage, Ware ; the 

 Rev. Charles James Langley, M.A., Grammar Schuol, Berkhamp- 

 stead ; Mr. Alexander McKenzie, Hoddesdon ; Mr. Alexander 

 Caius McKenzie, Hoddesdon ; Mr. George Nisbet Marten, St. 

 Albans ; Mr. James Mitcliell, Ponfield, Hertford ; Mr. Thomas 

 Odell, Castle Street, Heitford; Commander John H. E. Parker, 

 R.N., Ware Park; Mrs. A. F. Phillips, Woad Mead, St. Albans; 

 Mr. Henry Robins, Railway Street, Hertford; Mr. Robert Smith, 

 Goldings, Hertford ; and the Rev. Camm Wiugfield, M.A., the 

 Rectory, Welwyn, were elected Members of the Society. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. "Rainfall in Hertfordshire, 1840-79." By the Rev. C. W. 

 Harvey, M.A., F.M.S. {Transactiom, Vol. I, p. 151.) 



2. "The Flood in the Valley of the Gade, 3rd August, 1879." 

 By John E. Littleboy. {Transactions, Vol. I, p. 159.) 



3. "On the Importance of recording Erratic Blocks." By H. 

 George Fordham, F.G.S. {IVansactions, Vol. I, p. 163.) 



4. " List of Plants found in the neighbourhood of Berkhampstead 

 in the year 1880." By A. S. Eve. Communicated by J. Hopkin- 

 son, Hon. Sec. 



5. " List of Plants seen in flower near St. Albans, 28th June, 

 1880." By John Hopkinson, F.L.S., Hon. Sec. 



