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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



received, in addition to the balance from 1881, the life compositions, 

 and the Pryor bequest. The sum of £100, covering these last two 

 items, has been transferred to a deposit account at the London and 

 County Bank. With the amount invested in Consols, the reserve 

 or invested funds of the Society are thus increased to about £300, 

 more than covering the vrhole of the life compositions and the 

 Pryor bequest. 



The Council has now to announce the expiration of the term of 

 office of your President, Mr. George Rooper, F.Z.S. During the 

 term of his presidency Mr. Rooper has seldom been absent from the 

 chair at the meetings which have been held at "Watford, and his 

 kind reception and entertainment of a large number of the members 

 at his residence, Nascott House, in the summer, will always be 

 remembered amongst the many pleasant events in the history of the 

 Society. 



The Council regrets to have to announce the resignation of your 

 Librarian and your Curator, who have held their respective offices 

 for the past two years. Your Librarian, Mr. E. M. Chater, is 

 unable any longer to devote the necessary amount of time to the 

 duties of his office ; and your Curator, Mr. F, W. Silvester, resigns 

 his office on account of the distance of his residence fi'om Watford. 



Your Secretary, Mr. Hopkinson, has also tendered his resigna- 

 tion, but, owing to the difficulty of finding a successor, has consented 

 to retain the office for another year, and also to retain for the 

 present the editorship of the ' Ti'ansactions.' 



As in former years, the Council desires in conclusion to express 

 the obligation the Society is under to the Committee of the Watford 

 Public Library for the continued accommodation liberally afPorded ; 

 and also to the Hertford Literary and Scientific Institution for the 

 free use of their rooms for the Hertford meetings. 



Donations to the Libraey in 1882. 



Title. 

 Agricultural, Royal, Society. Journal. Ser. 2, 



vol. xviii, part 1. 8vo. London. . . , . 

 Argyll, Duke of. Primeval Man. 8vo. London, 1869. 

 Baily, "W. H. Descriptions of Fossil Invertebrata from 



the Crimea. (Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 1858). hvo. . 

 Coleman, Eev. "W. H. Outlines of the Geology of 



Leicestershire. 8vo. Sheffield, 1862 

 Darwin, Charles. Monograph of the Lepadidae or 



Pedunculated Cirripedes. {Rai/ Society). Svo. 



London, 1S51 



Crosskey, Eev. H. W. Ninth Report of the Committee 



[on] . . . Erratic Blocks. {Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1881) . 

 Greg, R. P. Neolitliic Flint Implements of the Nile 



Valley and Egypt. {Journ. Aiithrop. Inst. 1881). 



Svo 



Grevillea. Vol. X, Nos. ^b-bl. 8vo. London, 1882. 

 Hall, Prof. James. Fossils of the Niagara Group. 



{Rep. Neiv York Stale Cabinet, 1865). 



Contributions to Palaeontology. Svo. lb. 



Henslow, Rev. J. S. A Catalogue of British Plants. 2nd 



ed. Svo. Cambridge, ISiJO 



DONOK. 



Mr. R. B. Croft. 

 Mr. J. Hopkinson. 



Mrs. R. H. TFebb. 



Mr. J. Hopkinson. 

 Mr. E. G. Fordham. 



The Author. 

 Br. M. C. Cooke. 



Mr. J. Hopkinson. 

 >) 



Mrs. R. E. Webb. 



