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is consequently a deficit of a little over £31 in the statement of 

 receipts and expenditure connected with it. The smallness of the 

 sum standing to our credit in the balance sheet for the year is 

 mainly to be attributed to this loss on the Soiree. It should, 

 however, be remembered that outstanding subscriptions for the 

 current year amount to nearly £20, and that an equal sum has 

 been expended on books ordered last year. 



Since our last annual meeting the Society has lost 13 mem- 

 bers by death, resignation, &c., and has acquired 23 new ones ; 

 leaving a net increase of 10. 



The papers read before the Society have been as follows : — 



The Influence of Civilization on the Survival 



of the Fittest : The President. 

 Discussion of the above. 

 Evolution of the Brachiopoda: Miss Crane. 

 Natural Selection and Theories of Evolution : 



Mr. E. T. Wynne, M.B. 

 The Movements of Sap in Trees : Mr. Edmonds. 

 Variation in the Plumage of Birds : Mr. A. 



F. Griffith, M.A. 

 Certain Development Theories illustrated by 



Variation in Birds' Plumage : Mr. GtRiffith. 

 The Origin of Birds : Miss Crane. 

 Some Steps in the History of Botany as shown 



by its Herbals : Mr. E. F. Salmon. 



EXCURSIONS. 



15th July, 1893. Special Excursion, Old Place, Lindpield. By 



the kind invitation of C. Kempe, Esq. 

 16th June. 1894. Newick Park, and the Rock-Garden. By the 

 kind invitation of J. H. Sclater, Esq. 



