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The Secretary read Eeports presented by various Con- 

 ductors of Excursions during last summer. 



Most of the Evening Meetings have been fairly well 

 attended, the one held in March specially for pupils in the 

 schools and other young persons in the neighbourhood par- 

 ticularly so. At this meeting the Eev. Henry Brass delivered 

 a lecture of an elementary character on the subject of 

 Geology, with especial reference to the geological structure 

 of our own district ; the lecture was well illustrated by dia- 

 grams and maps, and a large collection of fossils, &c., chiefly 

 fi'om the various strata of the neighbourhood. Many other 

 members contributed microscopes, Natural History collections, 

 and other objects, which added greatly to the interest of the 

 meeting. 



Outdoor Meetings. — Eleven Excursions have taken place 

 during the summer, as follows : — 



Donations, &c. — Mr. Sydney Webb, of Dover, a former 

 President of this Club, has presented a manuscript list of the 

 Fossils in his collection and that of Mr. C. Upton, arranged 

 in their respective classes ; as nearly all these were found in 

 this neighbourhood, the list, which names all the localities 

 and the nature of the strata where found, may be of great 

 value to local collectors. Mr. T. P. Newman has offered to 



