tlivee members who have retired or left Cantei-hiirj' ; but lias elected 

 10 new members, making an addition of 5 new subscribers. 



The papers read during the j-ear were : — 



Jan. 13 Concretions and Concre- 

 tionary Action Me. a. S. Eeid, F.G.S. 



Feb. 10 Polarised Light, with Lan- 

 tern demonstrations Mk. "W. P. Mann, B.A. 



M.iRCH 10 The Habits and Senses of 



Certain Insects Mk. Geo. Saunders, F.L.S. 



April 14 The Structure and Growth 



of Shell in the Mollusca... Mr. Sibert Saunders. 



Oct. 13 On Glaciers, with Lantern 



Illustrations Rev. T. Field, M.A. 



Nov. 10 On Local Bats and their 



Habits Mr. G. Dowkee, F.G.S. 



Dec. 8 On the Action of Ferments Me. Sidney Haevet, F.I, C. &F.C.S. 



At the preliminarj'^ meetings preceding the reading of the 

 special communications many micro.scopical oxhiliits and objects of 

 interest have been shown, and short papers and descriptions of much 

 practical value been given, by -which the interest of this part of the 

 proceedings of the Society has been well maintained. This arrange- 

 ment, ■which was alluded to in the last report, has worked well, 

 and adds to the popularity at the same time that it encourages the 

 practical purposes for which it was intended. It also affords an 

 opportunity for the working sub-Committees of investigation, now 

 established by the Society, to convey special information to the 

 members, and receive in return any aid that the particular observa- 

 tions of individual members on the same subjects may afford. As 

 an illustration of this, at the March meeting Colonel Horsley read an 

 abstract of the observations made by the sub-Committee on the 

 Temperature of the Eiver Stour compared with that of the atmos- 

 phere, of which gave much interesting information that was well ap- 

 preciated ; and drew from the members some special statements. 

 Two meetings in April and September were held conjointly with the 

 Dover Society for the pui'pose of microscopical demonstration. At 

 the latter meeting a pleasant excursion formed part of the proceed- 

 ings. Six excursions were arranged for the Summer Session, which 

 were carried out satisfactorily and were fairly attended. The 



