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many Members and friends of our own Society, who exhibited 

 such valuable and intei'esting collections. 



The Annual Dinner took place at the "Prince of Wales" 

 Hotel, Erith, on the 5th July, at Avhich 20 Members and their 

 friends were present. The subject for discussion was " Gulls." 



On the 19th July a Field Jleeting, to which Ladies were 

 iuTited, was held at Dartford Heath, under the guidance of the 

 President, assisted by Flaxman Spurrell, Esq., F.R.C.S. Not- 

 withstanding the uncertainty of the weather, the numerous 

 attendance showed that this meeting is thoroughly appreciated, 

 and your Council beUeve it will become one ot the institutions 

 of the Society. 



The Cryptogamic Field Meeting took place on the 4th October, 

 M-hen Flaxman Spurrell, Esq., F.R.C.S., with his customary kind- 

 ness, met the Members at Northfleet Station, and conducted them 

 through Swauscombe Wood to Greenhithe. 



Many objects of interest have been exliibited, and the following 

 papers read at the meetings of the Society. 



On the 26th March, by Dr. H. E. Ai-mstroug, F.R.S., &c., 

 on " The influence of Manures on the character of Vege- 

 tation." 

 On the 23rd April, by E. H. Robertson, Esq., on "Fhnt: 



its Nature and Origin." 

 On the 28th May, by J. Jenner Weir, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S., 



on the " Physical Geogi'aphy of Rivers." 

 On the 26th November, by H. T. Stainton, Esq., F.R.S., &c., 



on " Leaf-rolling Caterpillars." 

 On the 1 7th December, by the President, on " The Cosmo- 

 pohtan Butterfly " (Painted Lady), and its extraordinary 

 abundance in 1879." 

 On the 22nd October, J. Jenner Weir, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S., 

 exhibited some Photographs of Italy ; J. Standring, Esq., some 

 Mushrooms, taken from his vaults in the City ; and the President, 

 various Lepidoptera, collected by Captain Markham, R.N., at 

 Nova Zembla. 



