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Museum. It shonld be a place where anyone coming into the 

 district could see without much trouble exactly what the Fauna 

 and Flora of the district was. 



I do not think it would be out of place to mention here how 

 very much the town is indebted to our valued member, Pr, Veitch, 

 for the interest", he has taken, and the great amount of time he has 

 spent during many years pist in connection with the Middlesbrough 

 Museum, and I am quite sure it will be a pleasure and satisfaction 

 to him to see that at last his hopes are being rewarded by a 

 suitable building being provided. 



Park. — A matter I have referred to before is with reference 

 <o a portion of the Parle being set apart for native flowers and 

 shrubs. I think it would be of service, not only to students, but 

 also to the community at large, if in all imhlic parks were placed 

 near some of the most frequented paths special beds containing 

 collections of British plants duly labelled with their familiar 

 names, as well as their botanical titles. Against a background 

 of British flowering shrubs, no mean display of beauty could be 

 maintained. 



To carry the matter still further, separate collections of British 

 ferns, aquatic and bog plants, and products of moor, mountain, 

 woodland and meadow, might be provided. Such an arrangement 

 of beds would provide the jmUic with a delightful country walk, 

 if properly carried out, in the midst of town surroundings, and 

 would also at the same time have the additional advantage of 

 conveying information concerning every plant observed. 



General. — Before concluding, I beg to draw the attention 

 of our members to the one unsatisfactory result of the year's 

 working, and that is with reference to the debt which has been 

 incurred, owing to the amount for publishing our Proceedings 

 being larger than anticipated, and also owing to the number of 

 our meetings being larger than usual. To provide against loss in 

 the future, I consider it will be necessary to raise the subscrijation 

 to say 5s. per annum, and this Avould only be barely sufficient to 

 carry on our Avork properly. 



In the event of it not being deemed advisable to raise the 

 subscription, the only alternative will be to revert to the old 

 position and only hold three or four meetings in the Summer 

 months, abandoning the "Winter meetings and Publications, and 

 it is my opinion that more members would be lost to the Society 

 by this means than by our raising the subscription, which would 

 still be almost the minimum for a society of thia description. I. 



