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Mr. Wonfor having, on April roth, 1873, read a paper on 
“ Suggestions towards the Verification of the Flora and Fauna 
of Sussex,” your Committee, in accordance with a resolution 
of the Society, have taken steps to carry out this important 
object. 
The thanks of the Society are due to the Brighton and Hove 
Dispensary, and to the Medico-Chirurgical Society, for the use of 
the Room at the Dispensary, in which the Meetings of the Society 
are held, and to those gentlemen who have read Papers, exhibited 
Microscopes and Specimiens, and contributed to the Library, 
Album, and Cabinet. 
The Field Excursions, since the last Report, have been as 
follows :—October, 1872, to Lancing ; 1873, May, to Hassock’s 
Gate ; June, to Henfield ; July, to Ditchling (by invitation from 
Mr. P. Capon) ; August, to Black Rock, Kemp Town (by 
invitation of Rev. J. H. Cross); September, to Shoreham. 
The Annual Excursion took place on the 27th of June to 
Newick Park, by water from Barcombe, when, by the kindness of 
J. H. Sclater, Esq., the Members visited Newick Park and 
Fernery. 
In concluding their Report, your Committee beg to request 
the Members to endeavour to promote the prosperity of the 
Society by bringing its merits under the notice of their friends, 
by contributions of Works of Natural History to the Library, of 
Photographs or Drawings of objects of Natural History for the 
Album, and of Slides for the Microscopical Cabinet ; and par- 
ticularly by reading Papers during the ensuing year. 
