Proceedings of the 



Elizabeth and James. There are many fine examples in Westminster 

 Abbey, and I believe there is one in our parish church of Reigate. The 

 gypsum, from the red tint in the veins, evidently came from the marls of 

 Lincoln or Nottingham, in fact must have come from that district, as it 

 was unknown in the south of England till discovered by the Sub-Wealden 

 boring. How such ponderous blocks, weighing man}' tons, were transported 

 such long distances, with scarcelj' any hard roads, is a difficult problem to 

 solve. Many of these tombs were highly coloured and gilt. At the present 

 time gj-psum is largely used in church decoration, and some magnificent 

 works of art now adorn our cathedrals in the shape of pulpits, screens,, 

 reredoses, and monuments that could hardly have been excelled in the best 

 periods of Gothic art. 



The President (Mr. Sydney Webb) read a paper entitled " A Visit to 

 Eomney Marsh,"' to which were appended lists of the Lepidoptera and of 

 the plants met with during his visit. 



Annual General Meeting, Octoher 10th, 1879. The Annual Eeport 



and statement of accounts, duly audited, were read and adopted, as follows : — 



ANNUAL KEPORT. 



Since the date of the last Annual Eeport five new members have been 



admitted into the Club; and eight have left it by resignation or removal, 



and one by death. 



Winter Evening 3Icctiiig:i. These were held regularly each mouth from 

 October to April, and the attendance and interest were well maintained. 

 The subjects introduced were as usual very varied. The papers read were 

 as follows : 



" The Yew-tree," by Mr. Tyndall, November 8th. 



" Relations subsisting between Water and Growing Plants," by 



Dr. Bossey, January 10th. 

 "Notes on Ornithology for the past year," by the Secretary, Mr. 



J. B. Crosfield, January 10th. 

 "Phenomena connected with the Emergence of Lepidoptera from the 



Chrysalis," by the President, Mr. Sydney Webb, February 14tb. 

 " The Legs of Beetles," by Mr. H. E. Cox, February 14th 

 An address on '• The Geology of the District, especially in reference to 



the question of the Water Supply," by Mr. W. Gilford, March Idth. 

 " A short description of the Sub-Wcalden Gypsum Company's Works," 



by Mr. R. C, Baxter, April 18th. 

 "A Visit to Eomney Marsh," by the President, April 18tb. 

 Lecture. The Club is again indebted to Mr. Henry Seebohm for a 

 lecture, which was delivered in the Public Hall on December 13th, the 

 s.ibject being "Six Months in Siberia." The lecturer gave an account of 

 his journey in the year 1877, during which he devoted his attention princi- 

 pally to ornithology. He obtained specimens of the following eggs never 

 previously taken, viz. — Phylloscopus borealis (Bias.), Ph. tristis (Blyth), 

 Charadrius fulvus (Gm.), and Turdus obscurus (Gm.) ; as well as of several 

 otfaetvs only obtained once or twice previously. 



