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1879. 



TTTHE Annual Meeting of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club was held at 

 J. the Club Room on Tuesday, April 15th. Present— Rev. H. W. Phillott, 



M. A., President; Dr. Bull, Mr. P. Ballard, Rev. W. Bowell, Mr. T. 

 Cam, Dr. Chapman, Mr. T. Curley, Mr. J. Davies, Rev. A. Ley, Rev. J. J. 

 Lomax, Rev. H. B. D. Marshall, Mr. J. Griffith Morris, Mr. H. C. Moore, Mr. 

 W. A. Swinburne, Mr. J. R. Symonds, Mr. G. H. With, Mr. Theo. Lane, 

 Secretary. 



The financial statement was read and approved. 



The dates and places of the Field Meetings for the year were fixed, 

 namely : — 



Friday, May 30. — Hay, for Rhos Goch and Pains Castle. 



Friday, June 27. — Kington, for Water-break -its-neck. 



Tuesday, July 29 (Ladies' day). — Ludlow, for Downton. 



Thursday, August 28.— Much Wenlock and the ruins of Buildwas Abbey. 



Thursday, October 2nd — Fungus foray. 



The followng gentlemen were then balloted for and elected as members of 

 the Club:— Mr. Charles James Lihvall, Mr. George H. Hadfield, and the Rev. 

 E. J. Holloway. Several other gentlemen were proposed. 



The Meteorological Tables, with the rain-faU and register of flood-water on 

 the Wye for the year 1878, were laid on the table, and it was resolved that the 

 flood-register should be continued under the direction of Mr. Curley. 



A resolution was then passed that the Presidents for the years 1877-8-9, 

 with Dr. Chapman and the Secretary, should have full power to bring out the 

 volumes of Transactions of the Club which are in arrear. 



It was also resolved that the Central Committee, with the President and 

 Secretary, should make the necessary arrangements for the Field Meetings not 

 less than three weeks before the day. 



The committee for "The Herefordshire Pomona " presented the financial 

 statement for Part I., published last autumn, and exhibited the eight plates of 

 coloured fruit which are already prepared for Part II. The committee reported 

 that Part I. had been most cordially received by all the horticultural publications 

 as a work that was very much wanted. They passed it the high compliment of 



