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had been received and yet some districts are unrepresented. The 

 Committee will probably finish its work next year and therefore our 

 Society has only a short time in which to complete the series for East 

 Kent. Some excellent and valuable photographs have been sent by two 

 of our members. 



Mr. Reid most strongly urges the members of the East Kent and 

 Dover Societies to do their utmost to help in the formation of such 

 records as he has alluded to. 



The Committee feels that much more than is at present effected 

 ought to be done by the Society for the promotion and recording of 

 research and observation in the domain of Natural History. It is 

 certainly difficult to induce members to undertake systematic work in 

 sub-committees but such work ought not to be regarded as impossible, 

 and the Committee would be glad if members would intimate their 

 desire to join the sub-committees already formed and be willing to send 

 in periodical reports of their work and observations. 



But even when members have not joined any sub-committee they 

 might help in the acquisition of a large amount of valuable knowledge 

 if they would even individually send to the Secretary or President a 

 notice of any observations, experiments, or discoveries they may make. 

 Such information would be carefully recorded with dates, author and 

 locaUty, and it would then be ready for the consideration of the editors 

 of the South Eastern Naturalist who desire to intitnate to members 

 that they regard such information as one of the most valuable parts of 

 the transactions of a society. They are anxious to have as many notes 

 as possible in addition to the more formal records of the work of the 

 sub-committees. 



In connection with the sub-committee on Coast Erosion, during 

 the year, notes have been received from Mr. George Dowker, F.G.S., 

 on Coast Erosion and changes in the Coast lines between Dover and 

 Thanet, and also between Thanet and Whitsiable since his report to the 

 British Association in 1884. Mr. Dowker has for the last 30 years been 

 periodically noticing and recording the changes on the Kentish Coast. 

 He has also senr in five photographs and descriptions taken in 

 Pegwell Bay showing the junction of the Chalk and the Thanet beds. 

 Faults in the Chalk, and Drift beds over the Chalk. 



Several additions, to the collection of Geological photographs have 

 been made during the year by Captain J. Gordon McDakin and 

 Mr. J. Reid and are alluded to by the Librarian in his report, the 

 Album kept for this purpose being under his custody. 



