to this Society, until the affliction, which eTentu- 

 ally ended his life, laid him aside. Dr. Dallinf^er, 

 the well-known Gilchrist lecturer, resided in this 

 neighbourhood in 1860, at Boughton under Blean. 

 His attainments are so well known that there is 

 no necessity to enumerate them to a society of 

 naturalists. Colonel Cox, a past President, con- 

 tributed immensely to the life and interest of our 

 meetingjs by his most energetic advocacy of 

 natural history studies, and the Society owes very 

 much to his labours. He bequeathed some of his 

 natural history collections to our Museum, com- 

 prising a splendid collection of polished flint 

 agates, which represent many years of loving 

 personal toil. Bishop Mitchinson, then Head- 

 master of the King's School, was a very energetic 

 past President, and contributed considerably to 

 the interest of the Society's meetings. James 

 Fullager, a member of a Canterbury family, was 

 for some years Hon. Secretary of onr Society ; he 

 was an ideal naturalist ; self-taught, yet his 

 drawings of microscopical objects, executed during 

 intervals of his daily work, are probably unrivalkd 

 in beauty and accuracy. He did a very great deal 

 to illustrate and extend a knowledge of pond life, 

 and his papers on the minute anatomy of the 

 Hydra will hand his name down to posterity as 

 an exceedingly skilful observer of Nature. 

 George Dowker, of Stourmouth, was another of 

 the founders of this Society, and a past President. 

 He was fiom the first a very prominent worker. 

 Hia geological acquirements, his knowledge of the 

 birds of East Kent, and his very extensive 

 botanical researches have placed our Society deeply 

 in his debt. He was also a very enthusiastic 

 antiquarian, and was the author of a great many 

 scientific papers. Mrs. Dean, of Canterbury, was 

 an accomplished botanist, and her valuable and 

 representative herbarium was acquired by this 

 Society. Major Munns was a great authority on 

 the subject of bee culture, and the author of 

 several papers on this subject. Colonel W. H. 

 Horsley, of St. Stephen's, was another Past Presi- 

 dent. He was a very constant contributor to and 



attendant at our meetings, where his presence and 

 aid were always deeply valued. He was a very 

 enthusiastic microscopist. His nephew, the late 

 highly esteemed and lamented President, Mr. 

 Stephen Horsley, was another example of intense 

 scientific energy, which only ceased at his too early 

 death. Referring to living and present members 

 of the Society, he mentioned Dr. James Reid,. 

 whose age and infirmities had prevented him 

 being amongst them for some time past. The 

 worthy Doctor was another of the founders of the 

 Society, and from the first he was a constant 

 contributor to the season's programme, and at all 

 times set an admirable example of what a hard- 

 working, energetic, and enthusiastic naturalist 

 should be ; minutely accurate, strictly systematic, 

 and strongly opposed to anything slip-shod in 

 observation. His value to the Society cannot be 

 over-estimated, especially when it is remembered 

 that for several years he was our enthusiastic 

 Librarian, and .contributed very liberally by re- 

 peated and valuable gifts of books. The memory 

 of his example should never be allowed to die out. 

 Captain Gordon McDakin is an expert in geology, 

 photography, and general natural history. Mr. 

 Sibert Saunders, of Whitstable, is perhaps one of 

 the mo:-t successful of aquarium naturalists and a 

 great authority on oyster culture. Mr. T. B. 

 Rossiter, famous for his original researches on 

 minute entozoa ; his name is known well in London 

 and on the cottiuent, where probably his name 

 and work is better known than it is in Canterbury. 

 Last, though not least, Mr. W. H. Hammond, a 

 hard-working naturalist and a very accurate 

 microscopical observer, famous for his beautiful 

 micro-photographs and skilfully mounted micro- 

 scopical objects He (the speaker) thought and 

 hoped such a roll of good workers should inspire 

 healthy emulation in the younger members of the 

 Society, and encourage them to select some branch 

 of natural history and devote their energies to it. 

 At the close a hearty vote of thanks was passed 

 to the President, who suitably replied. 



SECOND WINTER MEETING. -OCTOBER 28th, 1902. 



'HOW A LENS IS MADE."— By C. P. GOERZ, Esq. 



The second meeting was held in the Reference the glass to the tes'ingof the final finished article 



Library of the Beaney Institute on Tuesday, 

 October 2Sth, when a very interesting lecture by 

 C. P. Goerz, Esq., was read. The lecture described 

 fully all the different processes in the manufacture 

 of th.e well-known Goerz lens, from the making of 



The lecture was iliustiated by means of a number 



of excellent lantern slides, showing many of the 

 work rooms in the Goerz factory, and also many 

 splendid views and buildings taken with the 

 Goerz lenses. 



