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Prizes.— A first prize of £1 was awarded to Mr. Ernest E, P. Tindall, 

 Redhill, for a collection of beetles, and a similar one to Miss S. E. Marriage^ 

 Meadvale, for a collection of plants. It is to be regretted that fewer 

 collections than usual were sent in to compete for the prizes ofEered. 



Donations. — Several copies of " Notes on the Flora of Surrey," and a copy 

 of the " London Catalogue of British Mosses," have been presented to the 

 Club by Mr. A. Bennett, Croydon ; specimens of shells and other objects by 

 Mr. Simmonds, Cheapside, London ; fossils by Mr. E. Home ; a bookcase 

 by Mr. J. B. Crosfield ; stuffed specimens of Hooded Crow and Kestrel^ 

 by Mr. A. W. Rosling ; and two numbers of " Mycological Illustrations," by 

 Dr, Bossey. 



ABSTEACT OF BALANCE SHEET. 



The following gentlemen were then elected as officers for the ensuing 

 year : — President, Mr. W. H. Tyndall ; Treasurer, Mr. E. C. Baxter ; 

 Secretary, Mr. J. B. Crosfield; Curator, Mr. J. Linnell, jun. ; Committee, Dr. 

 Bossey, Dr. Holman, Mr. Marshall, Mr. T. Cooper, Mr. A. J. Crosfield, Mr. 

 A. Bennett, Mr. W. Gilford, Mr. A. 0. Sterry, and Mr. T. L. Aspland. 



Mr. A. Bennett exhibited specimens of Chara stelligera, a species not 

 before met with in this country, which he had discovered in Filby Broad, 

 Norfolk, in September last. This species is met with on the Continent 

 from Sweden to France. He also exhibited a complete collection of the 

 British Characeae and made some remarks in elucidation of the collection^ 



Mr. A. J. Crosfield exhibited specimens of some of the plants met with on 

 the occasion of the excursion of the club to Dover, on June 23, including 

 Orobanche caryophyllacea and 0. amethystea, and Euphorbia Cyparisaias. 

 He also showed a number of specimens of rare plants found by him in 



