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maalhai?t naturalists' fiM Club. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 

 Thursday, February 7th, i86i. 



The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Club was held at the Green Dragon Hotel, 

 on Thursday, February 7th, at i-o p.m. There were present : Mr. R. W. Banks, 

 President, Rev. J. F. Crouch and Rev. R. M. Lingwood, Vice-Presidents. Rev. 

 W. S. Symonds, Honorary Member, Colonel Colvin, Rev. R. Dixon, Rev. 

 T. Hutchinson, Mr. J. E. Smith, Rev. Thos. West, and Mr. Arthur Thompson, 

 Treasurer and Assistant Secretary. 



The Accounts showed a balance in the bank on January 31st, 1861, of 

 £81 los. id. 



A letter was read from Mr. H. Wheatley, Black Rock, Co. Cork, dated Feb- 

 ruary 1st, 1861, offering, provided the projected Museum was in a sufficient state 

 of forwardness to exhibit them, a cheque for £20 towards procuring and preserving 

 a specimen of each of the fish of Herefordshire — and a further donation if re- 

 quired. As regards the King of Fresh Waters, he desired that a specimen of the 

 fish should be represented soon after being hatched, the samlet of one year old, 

 and the samlet when he has just put on his silvery dress, with the adult salmon 

 of say from 20 to 30 lbs ; the rest of the river inhabitants to be represented 

 by a single specimen, the finest procurable. 



Mr. Robert Lightbody was elected President for the year. Mr. George 

 Cocking of Ludlow, Mr. R. M. Lingwood, and Mr. Elmes Yelverton Steele of 

 Abergavenny, Vice-Presidents. Rev. J. F. Crouch was re-elected Honorary 

 Secretary, and Mr. Arthur Thompson Treasurer and Assistant Secretary. 



The following days and places for Field Meetings for this year were fixed : — 



Thursday and Friday, 23rd and 24th May — Ludlow, to meet 

 the Malvern Club. 



Friday, 21st June — Tarrington. 

 Friday, 9th August — Abergavenny. 

 The retiring President, Mr. R. W. Banks- gave an address. 



