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and its surroundings. In former years he took part in our pro- 

 ceedings more often than he had been able to do of late, and a 

 paper by him is published in our ' Transactions' for 1884. At 

 our meeting of Oct. 16th a vote of condolence with his family 

 was passed, and I may here mention that Mrs. Topley, as a 

 memorial of her late husband, has generously presented to the 

 Club a valuable donation of books from his library. 



Capt. Lovett Cameron, an honorary member of the Club, died 

 during the year. 



We have lost during the year, owing to his removal to Bath, 

 the valued services of our Hon. Secretary, Mr. Aldous, who was 

 a frequent contributor to our proceedings on microscopic subjects. 

 During the time that Mr. Aldous's services were not available, 

 owing to his removal from the district, and the long illness 

 which preceded it, the duties of the secretaryship have been most 

 efficiently discharged by our Treasurer, Mr. Sturge. 



Another former Hon. Secretary, Mr. Low Sarjeant, has un- 

 fortunately been obliged to leave England during the year on 

 account of his liealth. Mr. Low Sarjeant was an accomplished 

 worker in the Photographic Section. As a mark of appreciation 

 of his services a testimonial, consisting of a gun and accessories, 

 was subscribed for bv members of the Club, and presented to 

 him on April 6th. Mr. Sarjeant was also, on March 20th, 

 elected an honorary member of the Club, so that his connection 

 with us is not entirely severed. I may add that Mr. Sarjeant 

 has presented to the Club, a camera and stand and 273 lantern- 

 slides. 



As regards our finances. The annual Balance-sheet of our 

 Treasurer, which is in your hands, shows that we started the 

 year with a balance in hand of £59 10s. 3d., and concluded it 

 with one of £30 2s. 4d., a diminution of £29 7s. lid. The pay- 

 ments during the year, however, have included an item of 

 £10 18s. 6d., belonging to the Soiree expenses of 1893, but the 

 account for which had not been sent in at the end of that year. 

 Allowing for this, the net diminution in our balance is £18 9s. 5d., 

 by which amount our year's expenses have exceeded our year's 

 receipts. On comparison of our receipts and expenditure during 

 the past year with those of 1893, I find that our receipts in 1894 

 were £150 6s. against £156 14s. 6d. in the previous year, showing 

 a falling off of £6 8s. 6d., viz., £4 10s. in subscriptions, £1 13s. 

 in sale of Soiree tickets, and 5s. 6d. in sale of ' Transactions.' 

 On the other hand, our expenditure has increased from 

 £159 14s. Id. in 1893 (including the item of £10 18s. 6d. above 

 referred to) to £168 15s. 5d. in 1894, an increase of £9 Is. 4d. 

 The principal items of increase in the past year over 1893 were 

 £9 18s. lOd. in printing of ' Transactions,' £2 8s. 4d. in grant 



