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either side the items belonging to the " Special Fund," the 

 balance is really £20 18s. 9d., compared with £49 Is. lid. last 

 year ; but as it will be seen that we have paid about £50 for 

 printing the Transactions, we need not be alarmed at this 

 reduction in the balance. The Club's share in the proceeds of 

 the Bazaar held in July, 1882, has, m accordance with the 

 expression of opinion at the last Annual Meeting, been invested 

 in tlie purchase of £210 lis. 8d. Consols, in the names of 

 Messrs. P. Crowley, H. T. Mennell, Kenneth McKean, and 

 Ed. B. Sturge. The accumulated interest, amounting to 

 £29 19s. 7d., will, with the dividends as they become due, 

 be available for the purposes for which the Bazaar was held, 

 r/c, furnishing and fitting up the Club-rooms, and providing 

 cabinets for its collections. 



Herbarium. — It is to me one of the most gratifying facts of the 

 past year that a commencement has been made in this direction 

 by the purchase of a cabinet for a collection of Surrey plants. 

 Steps have already been taken to get together such a collection ; 

 the response from all our local botanists has been so cordial that 

 I have no doubt that a thoroughly satisfactory representative 

 collection will speedily be got together. Messrs. Bennett, Beeby, 

 Miller, Straker, Epps, and Dr. Franklin Parsons have all assured 

 me of their co-operation. The small space at our disposal in 

 our present club-room prevents us from attempting much more 

 in this direction at present. There are, however, some other 

 departments of Natural History (land and fresh-water shells, for 

 example), collections of which occupy small space and might be 

 undertaken in the near future. 



Transactions. — The publication of the last part of our Trans- 

 actions, to which I have incidentally alluded in speaking of the 

 finances, calls for further reference in this review. I think it 

 will be felt by all of us that this volume does credit to the Club, 

 and is perhaps the most valuable it has issued. I would especially 

 refer to the permanent interest and importance for future 

 reference of the five years' Eeport on the Meteorology of the 

 District, in continuation of a similar report previously published, 

 which brought down the record to 1880. To Mr. H. S. Eaton 

 the Club is greatly indebted for the admirable way in which this 

 Eeport has been prepared and edited. Of similar permanent 

 value is the elaborate paper on " Surrey Wells and their Teach- 

 ings," by Mr. Whitaker. These careful records will be looked 

 upon as essential data in all future well-sinking and water- 

 searching operations undertaken in our county. 



Rvimiim Meetin(is. — Our Evening Meetings during the year 

 have been of much interest, excellent papers (with only one 



