NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



The Annual Meeting was held at the Society's Eooms, 

 6, High Street, Canterbury, on Tuesday, January 27th, 1885, 

 the President, Captain McDakin, in the chair, when the 

 following Report was presented. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE FOR 1884. 



Your Committee have the pleasure to report that many 

 excellent Papers and Addresses have been given at the Scientific 

 Meetings during the past year. As the number of members 

 attending on those occasions has evidently been much increased 

 by a timely intimation of the subject to be brought before 

 them, and as this intimation has been easily made by the 

 issue of Post Cards, it is recommended that this method of 

 communication be continued. It is much to be desired that 

 more members would make written or verbal communications 

 to the Society on any subject of Natural History or Science 

 with which they may be familiar, and thus materially add to 

 the interest of the evening meetings. 



The following papers, addresses, and notes have been 

 presented during the past year : — 



PAPERS AND ADDRESSES. 

 February 6. The Marine Aquarium, Mr. SiBERT Saunders. 

 March 3, Glycerine Mounting, Mr. James Reid; The History of a 



Leaf, Mr. G. Dowker, F.G.S. ; Water Stoma of Saxifrage, Mr. 



James Reid. 

 April 2, History of a Snowflake, Mr. A. S. Reid, M.A., F.G.S. ; 



Fertilization of Crocus by Bees, Ma. James Reid : Stephanoceros 



Eichornii, Mr. T.B. Rosseter, F.R.M S. 

 Mav 7, Facts and Fancies in Botany, Mr. G. H. Nelson, M.A., F.G.S., 



' F.R.G.S. 

 July 2, Ants and Emmets, Mr. G. S. Saunders; Alcyonella Fungosa, 



Mr. G. Dowker, F.G.S. 

 December 3, The Expedition of the British Association to Canada, 



Mr. a. S. Reid, M.A., F.G.S. 



NOTES. 

 May 7, Earthquake effects on the Artesian Wells of Canterbury, Mr 



Sidney Harvey, F.C.S. 

 June 4, Meteorological Notes, Mr. Kingsfdrd. 



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