1889. Mar. 8th— "The Forger>- of Shapira," hy Mr. Philip B. Mason, [..R.C.P. 



1889. April 5th— "Cremation," by the Revd. IV. Brooke, M.A. 



1889. May lOth — "Illustrated Boston." .\ series of Lantern Slides lent 1))' the Boston 

 (U.S.A.) Camera Club, and exhibited by the Photographic 

 .Section. 



The Sectional Meetings have been held as usual in the Society's 

 Room, 46, High Street. A new Section — the Photographic — has been 

 formed since our last Annual Meeting, and it promises to be an active 

 and useful branch of the Society. The Reports of the work done by the 

 respective Sections will be presented to you later. 



The thanks of the Society are again due to Mr. J. (;. \\'ells for the 

 able manner in which he has kept the Meteorological Instruments. The 

 Summary for 1888 will be published in due course. 



The Calendar of Nature has again been kept by the usual observers. 



Volume I of the Society's Transactions has at length been published. 

 The expense attending it has been greater than the Committee antici- 

 pated, owing to the increase — both in letter-press and illustrations — on 

 the original conception. It includes papers read as recently as February 

 in this year. The increased cost has been met by the balance in the 

 posses.sion of the Society. The sale has not yet been very considerable, 

 and the Committee would earnestly impress upon Members the desira- 

 bility of aiding to the utmost of their power the sale of the volume, and 

 thus promote the resources and usefulness of the Society. In this con- 

 nection, the thanks of the Society are due to the retiring President, 

 Horace T. Brown, Esq., F.R.S., for defraying the cost of the plates 

 illustrating his Inaugural Address on "A Grain of Barley." 



The Popular Lectures were carried out last Winter in accordance with 

 the scheme announced in our last report. It is, however, to be regretted 

 that the loss on them has been greater than in the previous year, and the 

 attendance of the public has been less. The Committee have therefore 

 adopted the recommendation of the Sub-committee to abandon the 

 former system. The Report of the Popular Lecture Committee was 

 approved at the General Meeting held in March, and in accordance 

 therewith, the Committee have arranged for Mr. Whitworth Wallis to 

 give a Lecture on November 22nd, entitled "I-i Search of Pharoah." 

 Should this Lecture prove successful, the Committee hope to make 

 arrangements for at least one other to be given later in the Session. 



The Election of President for the ensuing year took place at the 

 General Meeting in April, when Philip B. Maso'n, Esci-, M.R.C.S., F.Z.S., 

 F. L.S., &c., &c., wa^j unanimouslv chosen to fill that office. 



