NATURAL HISTOEY SOCIETY. 



The Annual Meeting was held at the Society's Rooms, G, 

 High Street, Canterbury, on Tuesday, January 30th, 1883, the 

 President, Captain McDakin, in the chair, when the folloM'ing 

 Report was presented : — 



EEPORT or COMMITTEE FOE 1882. 



Your Committee have the pleasure to report the increased 

 success that has attended the monthly scientific meetings during 

 the year, and beg to thank those members and friends to whom 

 this success is mainly due. The following papers and addresses 

 have been presented to the Society : — 



February I, Electrical Phenomena, illustrated by experiments, Mr. Sidney 

 Harvey, F.C.S. 



March I, The Connection between the Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms, Mr. 

 G. DowKER, F.G.S. 



April 5, The Ship-Worm (Teredo Navalis), i\Ir. S. Saunders ; Natural History 

 Notes, Miss Clara Kingsford. 



May 3, The Noble Metals, Mr. G. H. Nelson, M.A., F.R.G.S. 



May 24, Molecular Physics and Radiant Matter, Mr. Sidney Harvey, F.C.S. 



June 7, The Effects of Mild Winter Weather on Animal and Vegetable Life, Miss 

 Clara Kingsford. 



September 6, The Corn Weevil (Calandra Granaria), Miss Clara Kingsford ; 

 Description of a Fungus taken from the wall of the Vestry of St. George's 

 Church, Mr. James Retd, F.R.CS. 



