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The following papers have been read at Watford during tlie year: 



Jan. 17. — Ou some Clianp^es alouu: our Coasts ; by William Whitaker, 

 1?.A., F.U.S.. rres.G.S. 



Report oil the CoiilVreuce of Delegates to the British Association 



at Bristol in 1898; by Johu llo])kiusou, F.L.S., F.G.S., etc. 



Feb. 28. — Anniversary Address — Geological and other Work in Hertford- 

 shire ; by the President, \\'illiaiii Whitaker, B.A., F.ll.S., 

 Pres.G.iS., Assoc, lust. C.E. 



March 28. — Report on the Rainfall in Hertfordshire in the Year 1898; by 

 John Hopkiusou, F.L.S., F.G.S., F. R. Met. See, Assoc, 

 lust. C.E. 



Meteorological Observations taken in Hertfordshire in the Year 



1898 ; by Johu Hopkiusou. 



Report on the Mycetozoa of the South Midlands for the Years 



189.5 to 1898 ; by James Saunders. 



Report on Phenological Phenomena observed in Hertford.shire 



during the Year 1898 ; by Edward Mawley, Sec. R. Met. Soc, 

 F.R.H.S. 



Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the Year 1898 ; 



by Alan F. Crossman, F.L.S. 

 Nov. 28. — The Gravels, Sands, Clays, and Loams of Western Hertford- 

 shire ; by T. E. Loiies, M.A., LL.D., B.Sc. 



The following lecture was delivered at St. Albans: — 



March 23.— Colour in xXature ; by Wilfred Mark Webb, F.L.S. 



The following Field Meetings were held during the year : — 



May 13. — Knebworth Park. 



27. — Bushey, Watford Heath, and Harrow Weald. 



June 10. — Rickmansworth and Harefield. 



24. — Shephall, Aston, and Frogmore Hall. 



July 1. — Redboiirn and the Aubreys. 



15. — Wheathampstead, Coleman Green, Brocket Park, and Waterend 



House. 



The meetings on the 27th of May and the 10th of June were 

 held in conjunction with the Geologists' Association, and those on 

 the 1st and loth of July in conjunction with the St. Albans and 

 Herts Architectural and Archaeological Society. A few members 

 availed themselves of an invitation to join the Geologists' Associa- 

 tion in a cycling excursion on the Chiltern Hills beyond West 

 Wycombe on the 8th of July. 



The Society is indebted to Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal 

 for permission to visit the private grounds of Knebworth House 

 on the 13th of May; to Mrs. Heathcote for permission to pass 

 through the park of Shephalbury on the 24th of June; to 

 Mr. G. B. Hudson, M.P., for kindly entertaining the members at 

 Frogmore Hall on that date ; and to Lord Mount Stephen for 

 permission to cross Brocket Park and pass through his private 

 grounds from Cromer Hyde to Waterend House on the 15th 

 of July. 



Three parts of the tenth volume of the present series of the 

 Society's 'Transactions,' containing 120 pages and two plates, 

 have been published during the year, completing the publication 

 of the papers read during the session 1898-99. It may be some 

 time before another part is published, as there has not been, until 

 to-night, sufficient material in hand for one, unless it be for the 



