Owing to various causes, the meetings of the respective Sections have 

 not been held with the regularity of j^revious years, but much quiet work 

 has nevertheless been done, as will be seen from the Reports of the 

 Sectional Secretaries. 



The thanks ot the Society are again due to Mr. J. G. Wells for the 

 careful and systematic attention he has given to the Meteorological 

 Instruments. 



There has been no further sale of Vol. I of the Transactions during 

 the past year. Volume II is in the printer's hands, and will, the Com- 

 mittee hope, be ready for issue to Members in a few weeks. 



Two Popular Lectures were given during the past Winter : the first, 

 by the Rev. Theodore Wood, on "Legs and Wings," was held in the 

 Guild Street School Room, and was but poorly attended ; the second 

 by Mr. Herbert Ward, on "The Congo Cannibals of Centra^ Africa,'' 

 was delivered in St. George's Hall, and attracted a large audience. 

 There was a slight loss on the first lecture, but the second resulted in 

 a substantial addition to the funds of the Society, 



The election of President for the ensuing year took place at the Gen- 

 eral Meeting in April, when T. Knowles, Esq., M.A., was unanimously 

 elected. 



An increase in the number of Members has again taken place, and 

 the number of subscribing members is considerably in excess of that at 

 any previous period in the history of the Society. 



The roll of Members is as follows: — 



Subscribing Members — October ist, 1890 193 



Resigned 3 



Left Burton i 



Dead 2 



187 

 New Members elected 27 



Subscribing Members, October ist, 1891 214 



7 



Honorary Members 



During the past year one Associate has been elected, and the Com- 

 mittee would urge upon Members the importance of maintaining this 

 branch of the Society, which should serve in the future, as it has done 

 in the past, as a valuable source of workers in Natural History. 



