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trouble taken to arrange meetings; yet on several occasions no 
one has appeared. This applies not only to the Zoological 
Section. It is disheartening to those who do work, and will 
prevent them taking any trouble in future. 
Two special zoological excursions were made—one on July 4th, 
jointly with the London branch of the British Conchological 
Society, whose president, the Rev. Canon Horsley, attended. A 
_ report appears of this. 
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FEixcursions. 
In addition to the excursions especially connected with one or 
other of the sections, the following whole-day excursions were 
made :— 
June 1st.—To Leatherhead, Stoke D’Abernon and Cobham, 
which was very well attended, and has yielded results from the 
points of view of the botanist, antiquarian, zoologist, and 
photographer. 
August 8rd.—Whole day to Ightham and Sevenoaks. As this 
occurred while many members were away at the commencement 
of the holiday season, it was not so well attended as that to 
_ Leatherhead, but the attendance was decidedly good. About a 
dozen members went, and all were much interested in the speci- 
mens of eolithic implements displayed and described by Mr. 
- Benjamin Harrison, of Ightham, who afterwards accompanied 
_ the members to the Rock Shelters and the Roman Camp, de- 
scribing the positions relative to other places of archeological 
interest in the district. The day was thoroughly enjoyable, and 
of much interest in many ways. A full report appears at p. xv. 
_ The balance-sheet which our Treasurer has put before us is, 16 
- seems to me, a satisfactory one. There is a small balance on 
_ the debit side. This balance, as you have heard, would have 
_ been a credit one but for the cost of the ‘ Transactions.’ I do 
not, and I believe that you also will not, regret this, for a more 
beautiful Annual Report I no not think that I have ever seen. It 
is a credit to all concerned—the council, authors, photographers, 
and editorial committee. ~ 
Wearuer or 1903. 
In dealing with the weather of the past year, I should like to 
preface my remarks that though it has been an extremely wet 
_ one, yet it has by no means been so cold or so sunless as may be 
imagined. To illustrate this fact I have taken my own observa- 
_ tions at Wallington, which have now been taken for very nearly 
_ twenty years. I propose to give two short tables: (1), the mean 
_ temperature of 1908 as compared with the average of the fifteen 
‘years, 1886-1900 ; and (2) the duration of sunlight in 1908 as 
compared with the same average. 
