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on the same evening, a circular was sent to each member of 

 the Club inviting his opinion as to the advisability of changing 

 the day of the week for the ordinary meetings from Wednesday 

 to Tuesday. The replies received having shown a large prepon- 

 derance of opinion in favour of the change (75 replies being in 

 favour, 29 against, and 32 neutral), a proposal to that effect 

 was, after due notice, brought forward at the meeting on May 

 10th (which was rendered special for the purpose), and was 

 carried unanimously, the change taking effect from September. 

 It is at present perhaps too early to say how far the hope of an 

 increased attendance as the result of the change has been realised, 

 but we find that unfortunately it is impossible in such a matter 

 to suit the convenience of all parties. The conversational 

 meetings will continue to be held on Wednesdays, so that those 

 members who cannot attend on Tuesdays may still keep in touch 

 with the Club ; but it is proposed that they shall always be held 

 on the last Wednesday in each month, as otherwise they would 

 occasionally fall on the evening following the ordinary meeting. 



The Sub-Committees for Botany, Geology, Meteorology, Micro- 

 scopy, Photography and Zoology were reappointed as usual, and 

 have continued their work with varying degrees of activity. I 

 would call the attention of members of the Club to the existence 

 of these Sub-Committees, who are at all times glad to receive 

 notice of any facts of interest connected with the natural history 

 of the district, and to assist beginners in their several depart- 

 ments. The names of the members of these Sub-Committees 

 will be found on the back of the annual card. 



The Honorary Secretary of the Photographic Sub-Committee 

 gives me the following satisfactory report of that section : — 



The Photographic Section of the Club, I am happy to say, has 

 again passed through a very successful season. Numerous excursions 

 were arranged and carried out during the summer, but were not quite 

 80 well attended as might have been wished, and I should recommend 

 that an Excursion Conomittee be formed to carry out arrangements 

 both as regards localities and places of interest, and for the proper re- 

 cording of objects that would be of value to the Club generally. 



Technical and conversational meetings, monthly lantern nights, 

 and trial nights, have been held as usual. The dark room is being 

 continually used, and forms a most useful room for practical de- 

 monstrations. 



At the Soiree this year, the pictm-es showed a high standard of ex- 

 cellence. A large selection of framed exhibits, — showing a preference 

 for framed work rather than the usual mounts only pinned on the 

 frames. The number of processes employed for their production 

 being albumenized paper, bromide carbon, platinotype, gelatino- 

 chloride, and mezzotype. A large table in the Small Hall was devoted 

 to transparencies, of which there was a large number ; the School of 

 Ai't Room being devoted to lantern exhibitions diiriug the evening. 



