Proceedings. XXXIX 
Council’s Report, 1904. 
The Council regrets to have to report that the number of our 
members has undergone a further reduction during the past year, 
and that against 201 at this time last year the number is now 
190, i.e. 179 adult and 11 junior. 
We have lost three members by death:—Mr. W. Tyndall, of 
Reigate, on January 13th last. Mr.R. McLachlan, whose name 
will be specially known to entomologists as one of the joint 
editors of the ‘Kntomologists’ Monthly Magazine,’ and by his 
contributions to the knowledge of the British Neuroptera. He 
had been a member of this Society since 1886, and died on 
May 28rd, 1904. Mr. W. C. Wissenden died December, 1904. 
Thirty-one members have resigned, chiefly owing to their 
leaving the neighbourhood, and amongst them we sustain a great 
loss in Mr. W. Murton Holmes, to whom, on many occasions, 
we have been greatly indebted for papers. As botanist, geologist, 
microscopist, or zoologist he was equally ready, and frequently 
helped us at the ordinary meetings, as well as in sectional work. 
Fortunately, Mr. Holmes has not gone very far, and may attend 
occasional meetings. We have 20 new members—17 adult and 
8 junior. 
At the commencement of the year a special circular was drawn 
out for circulation to new-coming residents for the purpose of 
introducing the Society and its objects to their notice, and in- 
viting membership. The issue of this will be continued. 
The ordinary meetings have been well attended, and some 
very interesting papers read, including one on the Croydon 
Bourne Flows, by Mr. Baldwin Latham, F.G.S., M.I.C.E., which 
is one of the first detailed accounts of the Bourne, if not actually 
the first. It gave the statistics of the flow up to date, and being 
a matter of great interest at the time, the Council considered it 
should be published at once, and therefore availed itself of Mr. 
Baldwin Latham’s kindness to obtain the paper for printing in 
the last number of the ‘Transactions.’ Mr. Latham issued 
copies of the paper at the meeting in May. 
Mr. Campbell-Bayard presented a polariscope to the Society 
for use with the lantern, and our thanks are due to him for this 
valuable acquisition. The polariscope was exhibited at the 
September meeting. 
Several papers of local interest have been read, and will appear 
in the ‘ Transactions’ for the year. 
Excursions. 
Altogether about a dozen excursions were made, of which two 
were whole-day excursions, viz. on Whit-Monday to Holmwood, 
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