EAST KENT 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



Report for 1892, being the 35th Report of the Society. 



The Society comprises 75 Ordinary Members; 9 Corresponding 

 Members ; 3 Honorary Members ; 4 Associates. 



The papers read during the year were : — 



Jan. 11 'Cretaceous Forms of Life " ... Captain McDakin. 



Jan. 25 "Cephalopoda" Mr. Sibert Saunders. 



Feb. 8 " Analogy of Evolutiou in Biology 



and Sociology '' Rev. T. Field, M. A. 



March 14 "Air" Mr. G. S. Saunders. 



April 11 " Geological Photography " Mr. A. S. Reid, M.A, 



Oct. 17 " Modern Alchemy " Mr. S. HaRvet. 



Nov. It '•' Holidays on Snow and Rock" ... Kev. J. Sanger Davies, M.A. 



Dec. 12 "Animal Messmates" Mr. E. Horsmaill. 



The attendance on the scientific evenings has been generally larger 

 than in the preceding year, and a very great amount of interest has been 

 taken in the examination of the exhibits before the paper of the evening 

 has been read. Microscopical, Geological, Botanical, and Photographical 

 Exhibits of great beauty and scientific value have been brought to these 

 meetings, and Members who have not been able to come have often 

 kindly sent objects they had prepared or collected. 



Excursions : Four excursions were arranged for the summer, viz. : 

 The landslip near Folkestone and Ctesar's Camp, May 19th; to Shep- 

 herdswell and Barham on June i6th ; to the Warren near Folkestone on 

 July 2ist; and at VVhitstable and Graveney Marshes on September ist. 

 All these were carried out and all except the last were well attended. All 

 proved to be very enjoyable and generally interesting. 



Representation of the Society at the conference of delegates of corres- 

 ponding Societies of the British Association.— '^h. A. S. Reid, M.A., 

 again represented the Society and again contributed a very able 

 report which was read at the opening of the Session on Octobtr 

 17th, 1892. He strongly urges the importance of securing photo- 

 graphs of Geological sections and phemomena to be found in Kent, 

 a county as important geologically as the county of Yorkshire 



