without comment of tlie Committee. The usual excursions in 

 the neighbourhood of Canterbury and to the coast at Whitstable 

 took place, though with but few members present, and the 

 collections both of fauna and flora then and there made were 

 exhibited at the monthly scientific meetings. 



Mr. Dowker having invited the members of the Society to 

 his place at Stourmouth, in August, they were cordially enter- 

 tained by his hospitality, and interested and instructed by a 

 variety of objects, including several specimens of pond life. 

 Thus a very pleasant and profitable day was spent by a large 

 number of members — and that is but one among many instances 

 in which this gentleman has shown a personal interest in the 

 welfare of the Society, both in its social and scientific bearings. 

 In short, the transactions of the Society wiU. show how often it 

 has to thank him for his zeal and interest in the good cause. 



Your Committee feel that the cordial thanks of the Society 

 are due to its officers ; to the Eight Rev. the Bishop of Dover, 

 President; to G. Gulliver, Esq., F.R.S., Hon. Secretary, who 

 though laid aside by Ulness, and at times suffering acute pain, 

 nevertheless is always ready to render his valuable assistance to 

 any member of the Society requiring help ia the study of 

 Natural History ; also to the Hon. Assistant Secretary ; to the 

 Hon. Treasurer and Librarian ; and to Mr. Eigden for his 

 kindness in auditing the accounts. 



The thanks of the Society are also due to James Eeid, Esq., 

 Captain McDakin, Mr. W. H. Hammond, Mr. Sidney Harvey, 

 and Mr. Sibert Saunders, for the effectual help rendered by them 

 in the scientific business of the Society. 



EEPOET OF THE LIBEAEIAN FOE 1877. 



The amount at the disposal of the Librarian for the purchase of 

 books, &c., in the year under review was £13 Ss. 8d., consisting 

 of a balance of £1 16s. Id. from the previous year, and a grant of 

 £11 12s. 7d. from the general fund of the Society. Of this sum 

 £5 6s. were laid out in the purchase of new books, a list of which 

 is given below, and £6 5s. Id. for periodicals, A further sum of 

 £1 128. Id. was expended in binding 13 vols, of the previous 

 year's periodicals, and 2s. in the carriage of books and postage, 

 leaving a balance of Ss. 6d. in hand. 



The Society's funds being at a very low ebb, the Librarian 

 refrained from caUing upon the Hon. Treasurer for the usual grant 

 of £15, and this accounts for the comparatively small sum spent 

 on new books in 1877. Those purchased consist of the folio wiag, 

 viz. : — 



Enapp's Journal of a Naturalist. 

 Leach's Zoological Miscellany. 



