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After some preliminary business the Secretary and Treasurer 

 read the following report : — 



As reijiiii'cd by Rule 6, I beg to report on the 1ir^t year's 

 operations of the Trinidad Field Naturalists' Club as follows : — 



The first formal meeting was held on tlic Sth August, 1891, 

 at Mr. Caracciolo's residence, since that date there have been 

 13 meetings. 



2. — Alt' III hem Elected. 



The Society consisted of nine liesident Members at the first 

 meeting, and at the present time there are: 



Town Members ..'. ... ... 29 



Country do. ... ... ... 4 



Hon. and Corresponding do. ... ... 11 



Total ... 44 



the majority of whom were elected during- the last six months. 



At the monthly meeting in IMay the members had the honour 

 of electing His Excellency the Governor as a member, and on 

 the 18th of the following month His Excellency was pleased to 

 accept the office of Patron. 



Among the list of Honorary Members will be noticed the 

 names of Dr. Gunther, Mr. Oldtield Thomas, and Mr. A. G, 

 Butler, all well-known Naturalists. 



I append a list of members, showing the dates of their 

 elections, etc. 



3. — FliKiiicc-y. 



The total receipts for the year amount to ... ^197.79 



and the expenditure ... ... ... ... 147.92 



leaving a balance of ... ... ... ... S 49.87 



to the credit of the Club. 



4. — Juiinial, 



At a meeting held iu February it was decided that a 

 bi-monthly Journal should be issued, containing the Papers read 

 by members at the meetings. In April the tirst Journal was 

 issued, 150 copies of Avhich were distributed. Of the next issue 

 in June 250 copies were disposed of. In both cases the demand 

 being far greater than the supply. 



Theui'embers will, I am sure, agree with me in stating that 

 success, far greater tlian even the sanguine and energetic pro- 



