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present Catalogue was issued, has felt obliged to resign the post 
which he has so ably filled. Your Council, while regretting the 
loss of Mr. Caush, congratulates the Members on having obtained 
the services of Mr. Henry Davey, Jun., to fill the post which Mr. 
Caush has vacated. 
The Annual Excursion of the Society took place on July 8th 
last, to Arundel, Amberley, and Bognor, and was attended by 
about 20 Members. 
Since the last Annual Meeting the Society has lost four 
Members by death and seven by resignation. The decease of 
Mr. Henry Pratt, who read several valuable papers on astronomical 
subjects before the Society, is much to be regretted by all lovers 
of the noble science to which he was so devoted. 
This loss of eleven Members has been exactly compensated 
by the election of an equal number. 
The Papers read before the Society have been as follows :— 
Oct. 8th, 1890. Inaugural Address by the President (Mr. G. De 
Paris). Subject: ‘‘The Present State and 
Future Prospects of the Society.” 
Noy. 12th, “ “The Antiquity of Man”: Mr. SAMUEL LAING, 
F.G.S., &c. 
Dec: roth,“ “The Development of the Flower”: Mr. E. F. 
SALMON. 
Jan. 13th, 1891. Evening for Specimens. 
Feb. r1th, “* “Wild and Domesticated Animals Photographed 
and Described”: Mr. W. GAMBIER BOLTON, 
E.Z.5S. 
Mar. 11th, “ “Observations and Experiments on the markings 
and colouring of Lepidoptera as affected by 
Temperature”: Mr. F. MERRIFIELD, 
April r5th, “ “The Evolution of the Solar System”: Mr. 
E, J. Perirrourt, B.A. 
May 13th, ‘“ ‘The Aurora Borealis and allied Phenomena” : 
Mr. W. H. Regan, M.R.C.S. 
June roth, “ ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: reading of Reports, 
&c. Ordinary Meeting at 8.30 for Exhibition 
of Specimens and of Microscopic Sections. 
The thanks of the Society are due and are hereby given to 
those gentlemen who have read Papers before the Society. 
The Field Excursions have been as follows :— 
1890. July 5th. Lewes, Kingston, and Iford. 
«¢ Aug. gth. | Goring and Clapham. 
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