The Committee have again to record their thanks to the 

 Government of the United States and the Smithsonian Institute 

 for their great and continued liberality in forwarding valuable 

 reports and other papers. 



The following is a list of the papers read at the Ordinary 

 Meetings : — 



1881 : November : On " An enquiry into the nature and origin of 

 "certain foraminiferous fossils in sand, with specimens 

 "illustrating the subject," by Mr Eustace A. Brickwell, 

 M.R.C.S. 



December : On " Water in its relation to the constitution of the 

 " World," by the Rev. H. G. Day. 



1SS2 : January : " On some of the chariges which have taken 

 " place in the relative level of land and sea during the last 

 " Twenty Centuries," by Mr. E. A. Pankhurst. 



February : " On the functions and modifications of Leaves," by 

 Mr. B. Lomax. 



March : " On the Vertebrate Animal considered as a Machine," 

 by the Rev. H. G. Day. 



April : An evening devoted to the Exhibition of Specimens. 



May : " On polarization of Light and Heat," by Mr. E. J. 

 Petitfourt, B.A. 



June : On " Sussex Fish and Fisheries," by Mr. Frederick E. 

 Sawyer, F.M.S. 



July and August : Vacation. 



September ; On " Gums and Resins," bv Mr. W. F. Nation. 



