PREFATORY XOTE. 



The Annual Report for iSgS sJioii's that tlic number of members on the 

 roll is at present ijg, of 7i'hom /y are honorary members. The financial 

 condition oj the Club continues to he satisfactory. The Council express their 

 thanks to Messrs. George Parkin, G. Paul, F.G.S., and the Rev. W. T. Travis, 

 M.A., for their interesting papers, and to Messrs. T. H. Rhodes, C.E., and 

 Hiscoe for their exhibition of Fossils. They record laith great regret the death 

 of Mr. E. B. Smith, one of the Hon. Secretaries, who had distinguished 

 himself by his thoughtful work and keen enthusiasm for Science. 



February, 1899. 



