ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 1890. 



The FOURTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING was 

 held in the Masonic Hall, Union Street, at 8 p.m., on Friday, 

 October loth, 1890. 



The President (Mr. Philip B. Mason) took the Chair, and was 

 supported by a large number of the Members of the Society. 



The Secretary read the Report, and, in the absence of the Treasurer, 

 the Balance Sheet for the past year, as follows: — 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR 1889-90. 



In presenting the Report of the 14th Session, the Committee have 

 once more to congratulate the Members on the satisfactory state of the 

 Society, and on the successful nature of its work during the past year. 



'I'he Monthly General Meetings have been regularly continued in the 

 Masonic Hall with marked success. A plentiful supply of Papers has 

 been forthcoming, and the attendance compares favourably with that of 

 any previous year, having reached an average of 45 for each of the seven 

 meetings. 



The titles and authors of Papers read were as follows: — 



Oct. nth. — Annual General Meeting and Exhibition of Lanlcrn Slid.?s by the Pho- 

 tographic Section. 



Nov. Sth. — President's Inaugural Address — "The Functions of Natural History 

 Societies, as illustrated by the study of Plant-galls." 



Dec. ijth. — "Medixval Ecclesiastical Architecture," by Mr. F. A. Bromwich. 



Jan. loth. — "On some Curious Varieties of Skinless Barley from Thibet," by Mr. 



Horace T. Brown, F.R.S., &c. 

 "Notes on the detection of Micro-organisms in Air and Water," by Dr. 



G. Harris Morris, F.I.C., &c. 



Feb. 14th.— "Land and Fresh-water Shells," by Mr. J. R- B. Masefield, M.A., 

 President of the North Staffordshire Naturali'-.ts' Field Club. 



Mar. 14th. — "Tennyson's 'Idylls of the King,'" by Mr.'J. E. Thrift. 



.April l8th. — "Insectivorous Plants," by Mr, J. G. Wells, 



