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The number of Members is 78. During rlie year 7 new 

 Members have been added, 8 have resigned, and -') have died. 



Your Committee desire to express their deep sense of the 

 loss which the Society has sustained by the death of Mrs. Cox, 

 Mrs. Dean, and the Rev. F. Rouch. They all took a very great 

 interest in the Society, and contributed much to its success. 



It is to be regretted that during the past year the Society 

 has been removed from the list of Corresponding Societies of 

 the British Association. The reason for this appears to have 

 been that as no Transactions had been published for 3 years, 

 there was not sufficient evidence that the Members were syste- 

 matically pursuing local Scientific investigation. Your Committee 

 trust that the appeal they have made for reinstatement will be 

 successful, and they earnestly hope that members will be 

 induced not only to make careful observations and undertake 

 original work, but to communicate their results for publication 

 in the Society's Transactions.* 



In accordance with a resolution passed at the last Annual 

 Meeting, a selection of the Society's proceedings 1882-3-4 has 

 been published at a cost of £6 12s. Od., this being defrayed by 

 subscriptions kindly given by a few Members in response to the 

 appeal made. As the annual Subscriptions only just cover the 

 ordinary expenses of the Society, and as the continuation of the 

 publication of " Transactions " is most desirable, it may be 

 necessary ere long to make another appeal for a publishing fund. 



All persons interested in Scientific work are eligible for 

 Membership under conditions specified in Rule 2, and your 

 Committee would urge upon the members the desirability of 



* The Subjects at present selected by the Association for local 

 investigation are, (A) Luminous Meteors, Meteoric Dust in various 

 localities ; rainfall ; underground temperature. (C) Erosion of Sea 

 Con&ts ; height of underground waters ; erratic blocks. (D) Migration 

 of Birds at Lighthouses and Lightships ; Periodical Natural Phenomena, 

 (flowering of plants, &c.) ; injurious inserts, (first appearance, &c.) 

 (F) Working of Education Code in Elementary Schools; rudimentary 

 Science in Schools. (G) Effective wind pressure on buildings. 

 (H) Photographs of typical races and crosses ; Ancient earthworks 

 prehistoric remains ; A.nthropoinetric collections. 



