a.lmost invisible, afterwards slowly unroUin*^ them- 

 selves again. A most interesting afternoon was 

 thus spent and many of the party wero quite sorry 

 when the time came to return to Whitstable for 

 tea and the train back to Canterbury. On the 

 return journey the boats were taken over the beds 

 of zostera or sea-orrass, a curious plant or g-rass 

 that grows under the sea near some of our shores 

 and as the boats slowly passed over these 

 beds the dredge net was let down and 

 Mr. Saunders succeeded in catching a lovely 

 specimen named Cydippe pomi/ortnis, which was 

 transferred to a bottle of clear water and then 

 passed round the boats and examined with some- 

 thing like fascination by most of the party. This 

 little organism looks like a clear, transparent 

 crystal ball, in which are numerous rows of delicate 

 cilia, and as these tiny fringes wave to and fro 

 they appear to revolve like paddle wheels and 



make the creature look like a brilliantly-tinted 

 fairy as it floats about in the sunlit water. 



Among other living organisms found were the 

 following : — 



Spongia.— Gronfia. 



Hydrozoa. — Coryne pusilla, C. ramosa, Sertu- 

 laria pumila, 8. abietina, S. Jilicvla, Plumularia 

 /areata, P. pennatula, P. cristata, P. setacea, Obelia 

 gelatinosa, O. geniculata. Lfomedea obliqua. Cam- 

 panularia 'Integra, C. volubilis. 



Ciliograda. — Cydippe pomiformis. 



Echinodermata. — Ophiura albida. 



Annelida. — Terebella conchilega. 



PodoSOmata. — Pycnogonum littorale 



Polyzoa. — Crisidia cornuta. Bicellaria cUiata, 

 Bugula avicularis, Bowerbankia imbricata. Pedicel- 

 laria Belgica. 



Tunicata. — Botryllus polycydus, B. violaceus, 

 Perophera Listeri. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 



TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8th, 1901. 



The annual meeting of the members was 

 held on Tuesday evening, October 8th, at 

 the Beaney Institute, Canterbury. Mr. Sidney 

 Harvey, F.C.S., F.I.C., presided, and a 

 numerous attendance included Mrs. and Miss 

 Harvey, Mr. W. P. Mann. Rev. W. M. Rodwell, 

 Mr. Walter Cozens and Miss Cozens, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Marsh, Councillor W. H. Netherclift, Captain and 

 Miss Stead, Dr. Abbott (General Secretary of the 

 South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies, Tun- 

 bridge Wells), Mrs. Somerville, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Husbands, Mrs. Stevens, Miss Sworn, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Argrave, Mr. L. Ward, Mr. A. Wetherelt, Mr. A. 

 Lander (Hon. Secretary) and Mrs. Lander, Mr.W. 

 Surrey, Mr. J. G. Johnson, Mr. W. G. Austen, Mrs. 

 Maudson, Miss Boydon, Mr. W. Gard, Mr. C. 

 Buckingham, Mr. F, C. Suell. etc. 



The annual reports of the Committee. Treasurer, 

 and Hon. Librarian were adopled and ordered to 

 be printed. Mr. A. S. Reid, M.A., F.G.S., our 

 delegate to the British Association was thanked 

 for his report, which contained many valuable 

 suggestions as to the special lines of work that 

 might be done by members. 



"Notes on Coatt Erosion" by Captain J. G. 

 McDakin, " Notes on the Comparative Scarcity of 

 Fish and theappearancft of Crej:>iJu?a in Whitstable 

 Bay" bj Mr. Sibert Saunders, " Weather Report " 

 by Dr. B. Rigden, " Notes on Coleoptera" by Mr. 

 B. F. Maudson, and "Notes on Lepidoptera" by 

 Mr. F. A. Small were also presented. 



The election of oflGcers was then proceeded with. 

 Mr. Mann nominated Mr. Harvey for the Presid- 

 ential chair. He regretted exceedingly the cause 

 that led them to appoint another President. They 

 were most grateful to Mr. Harvey for having taken 

 up the duties in the period since the death of the 

 late Mr. Horsley. and he was sure he was only ex- 

 pressing the wish of every member of the Society 

 when he said they hoped that he would undertake 

 the duties of President again. — Mr. Walter Cozens 

 seconded, and the motion was unanimously carried. 



Mr. Harvey said he felt honoured by that re- 

 a^sertion of their confidence that evening. He 

 was wishful when he laid down the office, after 11 

 years' service two or three years ago, that someone 

 else would have been found worthy and able to 

 undertake the duties. They had thought other- 

 wise, and he knew that there were difficulties at 

 the present moment. He did hop'^ however, that 

 the Society would be able to renew its presidents 

 a little more frequently in the future. 



The following were re-elected Vice-Presidents : 

 The Dean of Canterbury, Mr. Matthew Bell, Mr. 

 W.O.Hammond, Captain Gordon McDakin and 

 the Rev. A. J. Galpin. 



Mr. Blofeld, having removed to London. 

 resigned the position of Honorary Treasurer and 

 the President moved that a hearty vote of thanks 

 be accorded for the manner in which he had been 

 a kind and constant friend of the Society in 

 troublous times. He also proposed the election of 

 Mr. W. P. Mann to the vacant office. These 

 propositions were unanimously carried, and Mr. 

 Mann kindly accepted the position. 



The President also moved the re-election of Mr. 

 W. H. Fiddian as Librarian to the Society and 

 made appreciative mention of the onerous work 

 which he had carried out in cataloguing the 

 books of the Society's library. This motion was 

 also readily agreed to. 



Mr. Mann having,^ as Treasurer, bpcome an 

 ex-o_fficio member of the Committee, Mr. W. H. 

 Netherclift was elected in his place and the 

 following others re-appointed :Rev. J. Patterson, 

 Captain Stead. Mr. H. M. Chapman, Mr. G. 

 Rigden, Mr. W. Cozens, Mr. Sibert Saunders and 

 Mr. J. F. Whichcord. 



Mr. Lander was re-appointed Honorary 

 Secretary, the Chairman observing that the 

 Society was very fortunate in having so kind, 

 attentive, and painstaking an officer, and al^^o 

 that he lived so near, being only next door. 



