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Proceedings. 



The Holmesdale Natubal History Club. 



Abstbact of Accounts. 



Receipts. 

 Oct. 1, 1887, to Sept. 29, £ 

 1888 

 Balance Oct. 1, 1888.. 24 

 Sales of ' Proceedings ' 

 and of 'Flora of 



Surrey ' 1 



Members' Subscriptions 24 



s. d. 



3 8 



£49 12 11 



Expenses. 

 Oct. 1, 1887, to Sept. 29, £ 

 1888. 

 Rent of Museum to 



June, 1888 15 



Cleaning, &c 1 



Printing and Postages 3 

 Expenses of Lantern 



Meeting 15 10 



Subscription, Footpath 



Association 10 



Collector's Commission 



and Stamps 1 12 3 



Balance 27 4 2 





 4 

 6 8 



£49 12 11 



Examined and found correct, j Wm. Ht. Tyndall,) , ,., 

 October 20th, 1888. \F. Bossey, ^Auaiwrs. 



The following Officers were elected for the ensuing year : — 

 President, Mr. W. H. Tyndall ; Treasurer, Mr. J. I. Cudworth ; 

 Secretary, Mr. A. -T. Crosfield ; Curator, Mr. J. Linnell ; 

 Committee, Dr. Bossey, Messrs. F. G. Carey, T. Cooper, 

 J. B. Crosfield, A. J. Head, E. L. Hesketh, R. Noakes, 

 A. C. Sterry, and the Eev. J. Menzies. 



Mr. Tyndall exhibited a bough of Hawthorn curiously 

 fasciated ; also a piece of very light fossilized rock from near 

 Cromer, having the appearance of sponge, being perforated 

 with polygonal tubes. 



Mr. James B. Crosfield read the following : — 



Eepoet of Excursions, 1888. 

 The first excursion of the season was on the afternoon of 

 April 28th, when the party, consisting of about twenty, 

 assembled at Godstone Station, and walked to Tilburstow 

 Hill. From here a fine view is obtained in nearly all 

 directions, except where intercepted by the wood with which 

 the summit is crowned. The afternoon was fine and pleasant, 

 and somewhat warmer than had recently been the case. 

 Everywhere the extreme backwardness of the season was 

 manifest, surpassing in this respect both the two preceding 



