Proceedings. XXXlii 
February 20th.—* The Report of the Meteorological Sub- 
Committee for 1899,” by Mr. F. Campbell-Bayard, President of 
the Royal Meteorological Society (Trans., Art. 145). Also a 
_ Report on Ground Temperatures during 1899,” by Dr. H. F. 
Parsons (Trans., Art. 146). 
The following Reports have been received from the various 
Sub-Committees :-— : 
GroLocicaL CoMMITTEE. 
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The Geological Committee have to report that during the year they 
have held eight Committee and Sectional Meetings, whilst some of 
the Club’s Conversational Meetings have been upon Geological subjects, 
under the superintendence of your Committee. 
The Section has also had four Excursions (see ante). 
By the co-operation of the Photographic Sub-Committee, several 
photographs of geological interest have been secured for the Album 
presented to your Committee by Mr. Harry D. Gower. 
Duplicates of these photographs will be sent to the British Association 
Committee on Geological Photographs whenever considered desirable. 
In accordance with an arrangement made with the Museum Sub- 
Committee, steps have been taken by this Committee to secure 
geological specimens on loan, for exhibition in the Club’s Loan 
Museum at the Town Hall. 
Dr. H. Franklin Parsons and Mr. N. F. Robarts have superintended 
the selection of specimens, which now number upwards of two hundred, 
lent by the following gentlemen, to whom the Committee tender their 
warmest thanks :—Messrs. W. B. Bannerman, Thos. Brockbank, George 
Clinch, Noel E. Corry, Dr. G. J. Hinde, W. Murton Holmes, A. J. Hoge, 
H. T. Mennell, E. W. Moore, Dr. H. Franklin Parsons, A. J. Potter, 
—. Paget, N. F. Robarts, A. E. Salter, W. P. D. Stebbing, W. W. 
Topley, W. Whitaker, and C. H. Williams. 
Your Committee are also much indebted to Mr. W. Murton Holmes 
for providing labels for the specimens. 
The object of your Committee in arranging their portion of the 
Museum has so far been to exhibit fossils from localities within 
twenty miles of Croydon, on the south side of the Thames, with 
specimens illustrative of the rocks and minerals obtainable in the 
above district, and a series of specimens illustrative of the rocks 
composing the Croydon Gravels. 
Specimens of Flint Implements from the district have also been | 
placed in the Museum.—N. F. Roparts, Hon. Sec. , 
Puorocrargic Sus-CoMMITTEE. 
During 1899 the Photographic Section have held their usual weekly 
meetings, at many of which very interesting papers have been read. 
The most notable papers were on the Photography of Flowers, by 
Mr. H. T. Malby, F.R.P.S.; on Outdoor Work with the Camera, by 
the Rey. A. H. Blake; and Mr. A. P. Hoole’s lecture on lantern-slide 
making. 
Among other successful meetings were Mr. Sandell’s exhibition of 
