Proceedings. Ixv. 
The PreEsIDENT, in moving the adoption of the Report, 
expressed his great satisfaction at the continued prosperity of 
the Club, and that the last two years, the term of his Presi- 
dency, had been years of uninterrupted progress and success. 
Referring to the Report, it showed that the number of new 
members elected in 1880 was rather above the average. As in 
1879 they had lost more members than usual by resignation, 
but it was satisfactory to know that nearly all the members 
who had resigned had done so in consequence of their removal 
from Croydon. With regard to the papers which had been 
read, and the various matters which had been brought before 
and discussed by the members of the Club, the President 
further remarked that they certainly showed no falling off, 
either in number, or variety, or importance, and congratulated 
the members that so large a proportion of the papers and 
matters which had been brought before them had been con- 
nected with the natural history of the district, or were the 
results of the personal observations and work of members of 
the Club. They could never hope to rival the large London 
Societies, nor was it desirable that they should make the 
attempt. Their province was rather to make themselves 
masters of their own district, to see that it was properly and 
systematically examined, and that every fact of value was 
carefully investigated and accurately recorded. He appealed 
to the members not to assume, as too many people did, that 
every thing which they saw was unimportant, or that it must 
necessarily have been observed before. That was very far from 
being the case, and if they would bring before the Club more 
often the objects which they met with in their walks and 
excursions, and any fact of interest which they had observed, 
it would tend much to the success and usefulness of their 
meetings, and would materially help forward the objects for 
which the Club was founded. Seeing that all the members of 
the Club were learners, there was really no fact, nor any 
subject, which any member should hesitate to bring forward if 
he thought it to be of interest, and particularly if it was con- 
nected with the natural history of the district. 
Another cause for satisfaction was the number of other 
societies and clubs with which they were in correspondence, 
and with which they exchanged reports, and the President 
expressed a hope that the time was not far distant when some- 
thing like co-operation would be established among the various 
clubs and societies in the south of England, so that they » 
might all work upon a common plan, and for a common object. 
After remarking upon the last soirée, which was one of the 
most interesting, if not the best, that the Club had ever had, 
and the local societies which they had been able to help, and 
