cxlviii. Proceedings. 



He also took two excellent groups of the excursionists. A move 

 was then made towards Guildford, which was reached by six o'clock. 



The fourth and last excursion was made on Saturday afternoon, 

 the 29th September, when, by the instrumentality of Mr. Philip 

 Crowley, about 25 members, accompanied by some ladies, visited 

 the Zoological Gardens. One of Mr. Bartlett's assistants kindly 

 acted as guide. In spite of the persistent down-pour of rain during 

 the whole of the afternoon, the excursionists thoroughly enjoyed 

 their visit. 



Your Committee hope this year to make the excursions a still 

 more important feature of the Club's proceedings, and they venture 

 to trust that the members will show their appreciation of their 

 efforts in this direction by attending in larger numbers. The Com- 

 mittee will be glad to recei%'e any suggestions with regard to excur- 

 sions for this year. 



Conversational Meetings. — The attendance at the Conversational 

 Meetmgs, which are held in the Club Room on the fourth Wednes- 

 day in the month, has been small of late, but your Committee trust 

 that as the advantages of these little gatherings become better 

 known, they will be more appreciated. Through the kindness of 

 Mr. Low Sarjeant and Mr. Lovett the members of the Club have 

 had some very instructive evenings, particularly with reference to 

 the preparation and mounting of microscopical objects. 



The Fourteenth Annual Soiree was held at the Public Hall on 

 Wednesday, the 21st November, when members of ten Clubs and 

 Societies, as well as many private exhibitors and opticians, rendered 

 valuable assistance. 



Your Committee consider it worthy of remark that, whilst other 

 large Clubs and Societies in and around London have for various 

 reasons (but chiefly upon the ground of expense) discontinued the 

 practice of holding an annual soiree, the soiree of this Club 

 grows larger and more popular every year. 



The following is a list of the donations during the year (details 

 given in the Reports of Proceedings of each Meeting). 



The thanks of the Club are again due to Mr. Mennell for editing 

 the proceedings and transactions of the Club. 



The attendance at the meetings of the Club has been good. 



Your Committee have the pleasure to submit the following short 

 reports of the work of the Sub-Committees during the past year : — 



Report of the Botanical Committee. 



Mr. H. T. Mennell, having made some remarks on the proposed 

 New Flora of Surrey undertaken by Mr. Beeby, and asked the 

 co-operation and assistance of all the members of the Club interested 

 in botany, read the following list of Surrey Desiderata, drawn up by 

 Mr. Beeby, with a view of giving a more definite aim to the observa- 

 tions and efforts of our local botanists : — 



Surrey Desiderata, by Mr. W. H. Beeby. 



The following list contains most of the plants which are likely to 

 occur in Surrey, but which are not yet known to inhabit the county. 

 A few have already been reported, while some that are included are 

 known to have occurred, but have now become extinct in the recorded 



