40 Proceedings. 
ANNUAL MEETING, 
held at Redhill, 15th of October, 1897. 
The Annual Report and Balance Sheet were read and 
adopted. 
ANNUAL REPORT. 
During the year 12 members have joined the Club, and 5 
have resigned. The number of members is now 83. 
The character of the papers read at the evening meetings 
has been well maintained. Their standard of interest has been 
quite equal to that of former years. The attendance at the 
evening meetings has varied from 20 to 60, the average being 
29. A lantern-lecture on Birds by Mrs. Lemon attracted the 
largest audience. 
The following is a list of the papers or addresses :— 
1896. 
October 16. Leaves and their doings, by Mr. N. E. 
Brown. 
November 20. Ants, Bees,and Wasps, by Mr. F. M. Duncan. 
December 18. North Italy and the Tyrol, by Mr. H. M. 
Wallis. . 
1897. 
January 15. Mosses, by Mr. E. S. Salmon. 
February 26. Birds, by Mrs. F. E. Lemon. 
March 19. Glimpses of the Inconceivable, by Mr. A. 
Brackett. 
April 9. The Cell and the Nucleus, by Miss E. 
Sargant. 
The lectures were illustrated with diagrams and specimens. 
The following Societies have sent their publications to the 
Club:— 
The British Association; Belfast Nat. Hist. and Philoso- 
phical Soc.; Burton-on-Trent Nat. Hist. and Archzological 
Soc.; Hastings and St. Leonards Nat. Hist. Soc.; North 
