Proceedings. gj 



The Treasurer's Balance Sheet, duly audited, was presented 

 and read, as follows : — 



Receipts. 



£ s. d. 

 34 11 



Subscriptions received . . 



Donations from various 

 members 24 3 



Sale of copies of 'Proceed- 

 ings' 12 6 



Expenditure. 



£ s.d. 



Balance due to Treasurer, 



Oct., 1882 14 1 



Rent of Museum, Gas, and 

 Firing (1 year to June 

 20, 1883) 15 17 7 



Assistant Curator (J year's 



salary) 3 5Q 



Printing, Stationery, &c. .291 



' Zoologist ' (9 months) . . 9 



Mrs. Joyes (cleaning, &c., 



1 year to Dec, 1882) . . 12 



Botanical Prize 1 



Marshall (Chemist) 5 



Collector's Expenses, Post- 

 age, &c 6 



Collector's Commission . . 1 7 6 

 Balance in hand 32 11 3 



£59 6 6 



£59 6 6 



Audited and found correct -f f k^'ncis Bossey. 



( Albert J. Ceosfield. 



The following gentlemen were elected as the Officers of 

 the Club for the ensuing year -.—President, Mr. W. H Tyndall- 

 Treasurer, Mr. E, C. Baxter ; Secretary, Mr. A. J. Crosfield • 

 Curator, Mr. J. LinneU; CommUtee, Dr. Bossey, Messrs t' 

 Cooper, T. L. Aspland, J. B. Crosfield, T. P. Newman H W 

 GUbert, J. J. Gill, K. Noakes, and Lieut.-Col. Godwm- 

 Austen, F.E.S. 



Dr. Bossey exhibited under the microscope specimens of 

 Mtella fiexilis, Agardh, found at Hindliead. 



Mr. N. E. Brown, of KevY Herbarium, exhibited a living 

 specimen of Chara Braiinii, Gmelin, and also a coloured 

 drawmg of the same, showing some of the parts magnified 

 which he had prepared for the new edition of Sowerby's 

 ' Enghsh Botany ' now in course of preparation. 



Mr. J. J. Gill exhibited a number of plants collected in the 

 neighbourhood of Maidstone by Mr. K. Peters; these included 

 Scirpus maritimus and Statice limonium from the salt-marshes 

 at Cuxton ; and Paris quadrifolia, Orchis fmca, &c., from 

 Maidstone. 



