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The following statement of assets and liabilities was also 



read : — 



Assets. 



Balance — Savings Banks, London Bank, &c ... ^44 2 II 



Arrears of Subscriptions (,£49), say... ... ... 35 ° ° 



Arrears for Reprints ... ... ... ... 150 



Badges on hand ... ... ... ... ... o 19 3 



Library and Furniture (Insurance Value) ... ... 15° ° ° 



,£231 7 2 



Liabilities. 

 Subscriptions paid in advance ... ... ... £7 1 3 ° 



One of the auditors, Mr. J. Wilcox, appointed to audit the 

 accounts of the Club for the year 1914-15, complimented the 

 hon. treasurer on the excellent manner in which he had 

 presented his books and vouchers. 



ELECTION OF OFFICE-BEARERS FOR 1915-16. 



The following office-bearers, being the only nominations 

 received, were declared duly elected : — President, Dr. C. S. 

 Sutton ; vice-presidents, Mr. F. Pitcher and Mr. A. D. Hardy, 

 F.L.S. ; hon. treasurer, Mr. G. Coghill ; hon. librarian, Mr. 

 P. R. H. St. John ; hon. editor, Mr. F. G. A. Barnard ; hon. 

 secretary, Mr. J. G. O'Donoghue ; hon. assistant secretary and 

 librarian, Mr. W. Glance. On a ballot being taken for five 

 members of committee, Messrs. F. Chapman, A.L.S., J. Gabriel, 

 J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., O. Rosenhain, and J. Searle were duly 

 elected. 



PAPER READ. 



By Miss Amy Fuller, entitled " Some South African Scenes 

 and Flowers." 



The author pleasantly described the different zones of country 

 passed through during the train journey of 1,660 miles from 

 Cape Town to the Victoria Falls, on the Zambesi River, Rhodesia, 

 and the type of vegetation nourished by each. The high 

 esteem in which many of our despised trees and plants are 

 held in South Africa was evidenced hy groves of Blue Gums 

 and luxuriant hedges of the Coast Tea-tree at most of the farms 

 throughout the colony and in Rhodesia. The visit made to 

 the falls, which are one of the natural wonders of the world, 

 was vividly described, and the feeling of awe which is 

 experienced on beholding the broad Zambesi suddenly plunging 

 into a chasm ranging from 250 u> 350 feet in depth was vividrj 

 portrayed. 



The paper was rendered doubly interesting by tin- ex- 

 hibition Hi ovei 200 water-coloui drawings of flowers gathered 

 around Cape Town or during the trip mentioned. 



In complimenting the author on her excellent paper, Mr. 



