NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



The Adjourned Annual Meeting was held at the Society's 

 Rooms, G, High Street, Canterbury, on February 4th, 1890, 

 the President, Mr. Sidney Harvey, in the chair, when the 

 following report was presented : — 



EEPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOE, 1889. 



The Committee, in presenting the Thirty-second Annual 

 Report to the Members of the East Kent Natural History 

 Society, desire to congratulate them, as the oldest Society of the 

 kind in Kent, on the continued energy and the fair amount of 

 success that has been enjoyed during the past year. 



The papers, &c., read during the year were . — 



Jan. 10 On Butterflies of the Malay 



Peiiiusula MAJOR GODFERY. 



Feb. 21 Tertiary Beds between tbe 



Chalk and the London Clay Mr. G. Dowker, F.G.S. 

 March 25 Insects and their Allies .... Mr. G. S. SAtTNDERS, F.L.S. 

 April S Scottish Arcbasology and 



Historic Notes Major Parker, F.G.S. 



May 1.3 Internal Heat of the Eiith. . Capt. McDakin. 

 Oct. 14 Life History of a Grain of 



Wheat Mr. G. Dq-wker, F.G.S. 



Nov. 11 Coal and Coal Plants Mr. F. Baker, C.E. 



Dec. 9 Some Remarks on Volcanoes Capt. McDakin. 



At each of the meetings many exhibits of objects of 

 interest, with short papers or descriptions, were presented by 

 the members. Amongst these may be named : — Sections of 

 faggot-wood, by Mr. J. Reid ; Col. Ross' method of separating 

 the metals of alloys, described and exhibited by Capt. 

 McDakin ; a fine specimen of Cone of the Pinus Macrocarpus 

 which takes two years to mature, of Bud-galls produced by 

 Phytopus zibis ; skeleton-form of Lycoperdon giganteum, by 

 Mr. Thomson, Kenfield Hall ; eggs and larvoe of Dryobius 

 robaris (aphidae), by Mr. W. H. Hammond ; a photograph with 



