ProceecHiii/s. ill 



generous donations to meet the expenditure in connection with 

 our Rainfall statistics. The subscriptions have been got in very 

 satisfactorily on tiio one hand, and there is a marked reduction 

 under the head of printing, stationery, and postages. _ Then 

 again as to the Soiree, the cost looks rather larger, but in 1891 

 the orchestra was not paid for by the Club, whereas in 1892 it 

 was. On the other hand, however, our sale of tickets rose to the 

 unusual figure of £26 12s. 6d., as against £19 7s. lOd. for 1891. 



Our Special Fund balance is £24 13s. 9d., available for fittings, 

 appliances, and such like necessaries in connection with our 

 Society ; so that with petty cash in hand, we now possess a year's 

 balance of £76 5s. Id., and an invested capital of £210 lis. 8d. 

 in Consols, Avhich is, I venture to think, remarkably good for a 

 suburban scientific society of twenty-three years' standing. 



We now turn to the work done by the Club during the past 

 year. Our Sub- Sections continue their work in a satisfactory 

 manner. The Geological Section has taken charge oi a whole- 

 day excursion, and an evening ramble, both of which will be 

 referred to later on, but as no members of this Sub-Committee 

 have sent in any notes to the Hon. Sec, there has probably been 

 nothing done during the year in breaking fresh ground in our 

 neighbourhood. 



The Botanical Section has had charge of two excursions which 

 are described later on, and also arranged an extensive exhibit of 

 plants at our Soiree, to which further reference is made in my 

 report of that function. 



The Meteorological Section reports as follows : — 



Eeport of the Meteorological Sub-Committee for 1892. 



The Meteorological Sub-Committee has continued its work under 

 the supervision of its Honorary Secretary, Mr. Bayard. The daily 

 rainfall of 60 stations in the Club district has been tabulated every 

 month, examined, and corrected, and the results printed and issued to 

 the observers and all members of the Club interested in the question 

 either before, or within a very few days after, the end of the month 

 succeeding that to which the statistics refer. Further particulars will 

 be found in the scientific report of the Sub-Committee which will 

 be presented at the meeting next month. 



The Committee having felt that the finances of the Club could no 

 longer bear the strain of the Sub-Committee's expenditure, six gentle- 

 men interested in the matter subscribed the sum of £22 12s. towards 

 the cost, the Club providing the balance. The gentlemen subscribing 

 considered the statistics of such value to science, and also to the well- 

 being of the Club, that the subscription has been a matter of pleasure 

 to them. — Francis Campbell Bayard, Hon. Sec. 



In the Microscopical Section a practical demonstration was 

 given early in the year on drawing from the microscope by 

 means of the camera lucida, &c., by Mr. T. D. Aldous, which 



b 2 



