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not have paid its way. Dr. J. W. Williams has gener- 
ously borne the expenses of printing and posting for the 
Natural History Section, amounting to about £2. 
The attendance at the General and Sectional 
Meetings has been good. 
The usual number of monthly meetings has been 
held and papers and lectures of general scientific interest 
have been given. Abstracts of the papers read and the 
proceedings at the meetings will be found accompanying 
this Report. 
Four Out-door Meetings have taken place during 
the year (see page 15). 
Dr. J. W. Williams attended the Congress of the 
South Eastern Union of Scientific Societies at Hasle- 
mere in June last as the delegate of the Society. 
The attendance at the Congress was good and the 
proceedings were of great interest. The number of 
societies affiliated to the Union is 36. 
Six meetings of the Astronomical Section have 
been held, and a course of Four Lectures on “ Light” 
was given by Mr. P. E. Vizard in November (page 16). 
The Telescope has been visited by a number of mem- 
bers and others during the past season, and demon- 
strations have been given. 
Four Meetings of the recently formed Natural 
History Section have been held, an account of which 
appears on page 17. 
The Rev. F. A. Walker, D.D., F.L.S., has presented 
to the Society a collection of various orders of Insects, 
which fills a twelve drawer cabinet kindly given by Mr. 
Walter Baily. 
It is hoped that the material for the publication of 
“The Fauna and Flora of Hampstead and its Neigh- 
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