CONTENTS. 



PROCEEDINGS. page 



21st Annual Meeting cxli 



President's Address cxlii 



New Members elected clvii 



Library and Collection clvii 



Exhibits clviii 



Treasurer's Balance Sheet clx 



TRANSACTIONS. 



Physical Conditions of the Sea. By Walter Crouch, F.Z.S. 251 

 Discovery of Chert containing Radiolaria, &c., in the PalsBzoic 



Rocks. By Dr. Geo. J. HiNDE, F.G.S 253 



The Tenants of a Fossil Echinus. By the Rev. Geo. Bailey, 



F.R.M.8 253 



Report upon the Stafford Collection of Birds recently sold at 



Godalming. By Henry T. Mennell, F.L.S 256 



Some Suggestions for Collecting and Preserving Specimens of 



Marine Animals. By Edward Lovett 265 



Notes on the Plants of Cader Idris and Snowdon. By H. T. 



Mennell, F.L.S 267 



On some points of Resemblance between certain Diptera and 



Hymenoptera. By John Jenner Weir, F.L.S., &c 269 



Notes on the Geology of the Isle of Purbeck. By C. H. Goodman 270 

 Glauconite Casts from Godstone Firestone. By W. Murton 



Holmes 272 



Native Cloth, Fiji Islands, By Edward Lovett 274 



Fresh-water Sponges. By W. Murton Holmes 275 



Changes in the Aspect of our District during Historic Times. 



By E. Straker '. 278 



Report of the Meteorological Sub-Committee for 1890. Prepared 



by F. C. Bayard, F.R.Met.Soc 285 



Waudle Temperatures. By Thomas Cushing, F.R.Met.Soc. ... 816 



Crflg&on glicrojito^ttal m)i fatal fistorg €h^, 



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OFFICERS FOR 1891. 



President. — Edward Lovett. 



Vice-Presidents. — John Berney, F.R.M.S. ; Alfred Carpenter, 

 M.D., J. P., &c. ; Philip Crowley, F.L.S., F.Z.S. , &c. ; Henry S. 

 Eaton, M.A., F.R.Met.Soc; Henry T. Mennell, F.L.S.; Henry G. 

 Thompson, M.D. 



Treasurer. — Edward B. Sturge. 



Committee. — Dr. A. B. Carpenter, F.R.M.S., &c. ; James Epps, 

 jun., F.L.S.; C. H. Goodman; H. D. Gower ; W. Murton Holmes; 

 Kenneth McKean, F.L.S.; Chas. F. Oakley; W. Low Sarjeant; 

 Ernest Stkaker. 



Hon. Secretary. — Francis C. Bayard, LL.M., F.R. Met. Soc, 

 Manor Road, Wallington, Surrey, to whom all communications may 

 be addressed. 



