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refer. In order to show the Club how great interest is taken in 

 the question of rainfall, the Sub-Conunittee reports that the 

 Honorary Secretary sends the returns to no fewer than 90 

 persons every month. 



At the beginning of the year the Committee made a grant to 

 the Meteorological Sub-Committee of £25 ; the expenditure has 

 exceeded this by the small sum of £1 4s. 5d., an excess due to 

 the fact that 14 mouths' payments have been made, owing to the 

 printer's biU for the last few months of the year 1888 not having 

 been received in that year. In future it is hoped that the 

 expenditure will not exceed £25 per annum. The Club is much 

 indebted to the Photographic Sub-Committee for photographing 

 several of its stations, and also to the Borough engineer (Mr. 

 Walker) for his courtesy on the occasion of its excursion to 

 Adduigton. The report of the Meteorogical Sub-Committee will 

 be found in the Transactions. 



The Microscopical Sub-Committee, the Honorary Secretary of 

 which is Mr. Murton Holmes, have prepared a list of slides in 

 the cabinet of the Club up to this date. It is hoped that this 

 wiU not only facilitate the use of these by our members, but lead 

 to additions being made to the collection. This catalogue will 

 be found in the Proceedings. 



Mr. Berney, the Honorary Secretary of the Zoological Sub- 

 Committee, writes, "that the only fact of interest to report was 

 the great scarcity of insects during the past season." 



The Photographic Sub-Committee, through its Honorary 

 Secretai-y, Mr. Charles Hussey, reports as follows : — 



During the past year the membership of the Section has increased 

 from 31 to 43 ; some of the new comers being new members of the 

 Club. 



General meetings of the Section have been held on the first Friday 

 of each month throughout the year, and have, as a rule, been well 

 attended. Six Optical Lantern Exhibitions (exclusive of the Sonee) 

 have been given ; the quality of the sUdes showing a marked general 

 improvement over those of last year. 



In addition to the con-versational meetings, the followuig papers 

 have been read : — 



" Stripping Films, and printing and enlarging on Transferotype, and 

 Bromide papers," by Mr. H. S. BeUsmith. 



" With a Camera through Southern Spain and Morocco," by Mr. 

 Andrew Pringle. This was a lecture illustrated by photogi-aphs shown 

 by the Club's optical lautern. 



" The Collodio-Bromide Process for lantern-shdes and trans- 

 parencies," by Mr. Wm. Brooks. 



" Art in its relation to Photography," by Mr. George Davison. 



" Reducing and enlarging Photographs by artificial light," by Mr. 

 W. Low Sarjeant. 



" The Ferrous Oxalate Developer," by Mr. D. E. Goddard. 



" The Wet Collodion Process," by Mr. Charles Hussey. 



