ono only has resigned, thus making 90 members in all on the 

 books at the present time. 



As regards funds, the Committee are thankful to be able to 

 state that the subscriptions of 1879, have, with few excep- 

 tions, been paid tip. They amount to £30 16s., to which 

 must be added £5 5s. 6d., arrears of previous years received in 

 1879 and up to 10th January, 1880, making a total for the year 

 of £36 Is. 6d., without taking into account the balance remain- 

 ing to the credit of the Society on the 1st January, 1879, viz., 

 £5 14s, 7d. The actual expenditure slightly exceeded the above 

 amount, thereby reducing the balance in hand at the close of the 

 year to £5 3s. 2d. The grant to the Library, included in the 

 expenditure as above shewn, amounted to £10 19s. Id., the par- 

 ticulars of which will be foimd in the Eeport of the Hon. 

 Librarian. There is still a sum of £16 5s. due to the Society, 

 supposing all arrears to be paid up, but this the Committee 

 scarcely expect will be the case. They do not reckon upon more 

 than £5 5s. Hence it is very evident that there is great need 

 for economy. 



The Committee have the pleasure to report that at the meet- 

 ing of the Society in May last, a letter was read from the Secre- 

 tary of the Eoyal Microscopical Society, dated 15th April, 1879, 

 notifying that the President of the East Kent Natural History 

 Society, for the time being, had been elected an ex-officio 

 Fellow of the Eoyal Microscopical Society, and was entitled to 

 the privileges of an ex-oflicio fellow, one of which is to receive 

 a copy of the Society's Journal of proceedings gratis. As a 

 further mark of attention the President of the above Society, 

 Dr. Lionel Beale, has generously presented to the Society's 

 Library a copy of his very valuable work entitled, "How to Work 

 with the Microscope," for which the best thanks of the Commit- 

 tee were returned to him. 



In conclusion, your Committee feel that the cordial thanks of 

 the Society are due to its Officers ; to the President ; to G. 

 Gulliver, Esq., F.ES., Hon. Secretary, who though unable from 

 illness to attend the meetings in person, nevertheless renders 

 vahiable assistance in many ways ; also to the Hon. Assistant 

 Secretary, Mr. J. EuUagar, and to the Hon. Treasurer and 

 Librarian, not forgetting G. Eigden, Escp, for his kindness in 

 auditing the accounts. 



