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example of an old Saxon building, was well worthy a visit, 

 the long and short work, as it is termed, being well shown in 

 several portions of the older work. The sites of the old iron 

 furnaces at Cinder Banks in Worth Forest were also well 

 worthy of a visit, vast quantities of slag and cinders still 

 remaining visible. All this was pointed out to us by our 

 member, Mr. Topley, who conducted the excursion, and to 

 whom our thanks are due, for had it not been for his guidance 

 in all probability many of our members would not have seen 

 these interesting remains. The iron railings around S. Paul's 

 Cathedral were cast from iron manufactured in one of these 

 Sussex Forests. 



The excursion to the Fisheries Exhibition was well attended, 

 and under the able guidance of our kind old friend, Mr. Lee, 

 we were enabled to see a great deal in a short time. 



The excursion on the 6th August last, although there was 

 no one specially told off as a conductor, was most enjoyable. 

 Mr. John Charles Oswald, one of our members, took the trouble 

 on the day before the excursion to travel down on his bicycle 

 to Albury, the seat of the Duke of Northumberland, and to 

 obtain permission for the members of our Club to visit the 

 gardens and premises. The particulars of this excursion are so 

 well given in the committee's report, that I need not further 

 comment on it. I most heartily thank all those gentlemen who 

 took the conduct of these excursions for the trouble and pains 

 they took to make them successful, and Mr. Oswald for his 

 kindness in obtaining for us an entrance to the Duke of 

 Northumberland's grounds. I think it well to remind our 

 members that we wish to make out our list of excursions for 

 this season, and to ask them kindly to furnish our committee 

 with a list of places of interest within a reasonable distance of 

 Croydon, to enable them to prepare their this year's list. 



With regard to the work of the Zoological Sub-Committee, 

 I may mention that one of our members, Mr. Lovett, a hard 

 and steady worker, has received the Diploma of the Inter- 

 national Fisheries Exhibition for excellence of Embryological 

 Microscopic work. Nothing much has been done in Entomo- 

 logy, insects having been exceedingly scarce, but my son, 

 Frederic Lee Berney, is in possession of a very extraordinary 

 variety of the Vanessa urticas, or small Tortoiseshell Butterfly, 

 bred this year from a larva, obtained in the neighbourhood of 

 Coombe Lane. This insect is at present in London, being 

 figured for publication in the Entomologists' Magazine. 



Mr. McKean has taken a specimen of the variety Fernssaci 

 of Limax maximus, at Bramley Hill. This British slug has 

 not been before recorded as taken in Surrey. I may state that 



