attendance and the able and courteous manner in which he has 

 discharged the duties of the office of President during the past 



two years. 



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



Meetings : — c 



l883 ._October : " Birds and their Uses in the Economy of 



Nature," by Mr. F. Fuller. 

 November : " Poisonous Snakes and their Poisons, 



by Dr. Joseph Ewart, M.R.C.P. 

 December : " A Fight for Life amid Rocks : a Phase 



in the Evolution Controversy," by Dr. W. A. 



Hollis. 



i88 4 .-January: "The state of Natural Science at Rome 

 about the time of Christ," by Mr. E. A. Pank- 



hurst. 

 February : " Some remarks on the Brighton Museum 



Corals and Corals in General," by Dr. Miles. 

 March : "A Naturalist's Ramble in Central Africa," 



by the Rev. J. Hannington. 

 April : " Diatomace*," by Mr. Seymour Burrows. 

 May: "Remarks on some recent Osteological 

 Additions to the Brighton Museum from Kent's 

 Cavern and elsewhere," by Mr. Edward Crane, 

 FGS ._At this meeting Dr. Corfe exhibited 

 some human bones of ancient date found near 

 the Dyke Road, Brighton. 

 June : " Sussex Dialect and Speech," by Mr. Fredk. 



E. Sawyer, F.R. Met. Soc. 

 September : " Reptiles," by Mr. Benj. Lomax, C.E. 

 Presentations of the following Books and Papers have 

 been received during the year :— 



A Paper on Poisonous Snakes and their Poisons, by Dr. 

 Ewart, read before the Society on the 8th November, 1883 (from 



