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Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club. 
1881. 
Tue annual meeting of the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club was held on Tues- 
day, April 19th, in the Club Room. Among the members present were the 
President (Mr. J. H. Knight), Rev. A. Ley (President-elect), Dr. Bull, Ald. 
Cam, Mr. Whalley Armitage, Mr. Beddoe, Mr. Curley, C.E., Mr. Chapman, 
Mr. Docking, Rev. E. J. Holloway, Rev. W. A. Horton, Rev. H. B. D. Marshall, 
Rev. G. M. Metcalfe, Mr. Shellard, Rev. W. P. Scudamore Stanhope, Rev. R. 
H. Warner, and Mr. Theophilus Lane (Secretary). 
The following is the list of officers for the current year:—President, Rev. 
Augustin Ley. Vice-Presidents: Mr. J. H. Knight, Mr. G. H. Piper, Mr. O. 
Shellard, Mr. E. G. Steele. Central Committee: Mr. T. Curley, Mr. C. G. 
Martin, Mr. J. Griffith Morris, Mr. Shellard. Editorial Committee: Dr. Bull, 
Dr. Chapman, and Mr. J. Griffith Morris. Treasurer: Mr. Thomas Cam. 
Auditors: Mr. James Davies, Mr. J. T. Owen Fowler. Secretary: Mr. 
Theophilus Lane. 
The financial statement of the Club for 1880 was read and passed. 
The dates and places of the field meetings for the present year were fixed as 
under :— 
Thursday, May 19th.—Tewkesbury (joint excursion with the Malvern Club). 
Thursday, June 16th.—Monmouth. 
Tuesday, July 12th.—Rhayader (ladies’ day). 
Thursday, August 18th.—Aymestry. 
Thursday, October 6th.—Fungus Foray. 
Dr. Bull then gave a report on the Herefordshire Pomona, and read the finan- 
cial statement for part III.; the plates for Part IV. were exhibited, twelve in 
number, containing 63 different varieties of fruit. 
The Rey. A. J. Capel and Mr. Pulley, M.P., were balloted for and elected, 
and seven other gentlemen were proposed as members of the Club. 
The dinner was held at the Green Dragon Hotel, and after the health of 
_ “The Queen” had been cordially received, Dr. Bull read a paper on ‘‘'The 
Orchard ; its commercial aspect and future prospects,” prepared for the Hereford- 
shire Pomona by the Rev. C. H. Bulmer, who was unavoidably absent. 
~The President then delivered his retiring address. Votes of thanks were 
passed to Dr. Bull, Mr. Bulmer, and the President, and suitably acknowledged. 
The Address of the retiring President will be found at the end of the last 
volume. 
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