NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



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

 6, High Street, Canterbury, on Tuesday, January 29th, 1889, 

 Mr. Sidney Harvey in the chair, when the following report 

 was presented. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE FOR 1888. 



The Committee have the pleasure of presenting the Thirty- 

 first Annual Report to the Members of the East Kent Natm-al 

 History Society. 



The Papers, Addresses, &e., read during the year were — 



Time as a Geological Factor. Mr. A. S. Reid, M.A., F.G.S. 



Manganese in East Kent, Captain McDakin. 



The Lower Greensand, CAPTAIN McDakin. 



Meteorology, Mr. G. S. Satjnders, F.L.S. 



Report of the Proceedings of 

 the Committee of the Cor- 

 responding Societies of the 

 British Association, Mr. A. S. Reid, M.A. 



Address on Chemical and 

 Vital Force, The Pesident. 



Notes on the Life History 



of the Giant Hogweed, Mb. Jas. Reid, F.R.C.S. 



Nov. 8 The Physiography and Ge- 

 ology of Canada, Mr. F. BAKER, C.R. 

 Dec. 20 Shells and Shell Collecting, Mr. S. B. Cox, B.A.,M.R.C.S. 



At each meeting objects of interest contributed by mem- 

 bers were on view. The chief of these were specimens to 

 illustrate the different papers — botanical specimens sent by 

 Mr. Thomson, of Kenfield Hall, and generally explained by 

 Mr. James Reid ; botanical and other specimens sent by Miss 



