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business. I am sure the members greatly regretted this move 

 and will all join me in again thanking Mr. Taitt for the services 

 he has rendered the Club. 



The number of members on the list at the close of the year 

 1891-92 was 44. There have been elected during the year 17 

 Town, 11 Country, 8 Honorary and 7 Corresponding members, 

 making a total of 87 members at the end of July ; the losses 

 through resignation and other causes have been four. A list of 

 members is appended. 



Financially too the Club continues to prosper. The 

 balance in hand of $49.87 from the previous year has been 

 raised to $103.54 although a few subscriptions remain unpaid 

 these it is hoped will be shortly received. The total income for 

 the year 1892-3 was $483.33 and the total expenditure $429.66. 

 A statement of the finances is appended. 



During the year there have been thirteen ordinary and one 

 special meeting. The first annual meeting was held at the All 

 Saints School House on the 8th August, 1892. On the 7th 

 October the Club held its first meeting in its new quarters at the 

 Victoria Institute. I am sure all the members of the Club will 

 again join me in thanking the Rev. L. A. Taitt for having 

 allowed the Clul) to hold its meetings at the All Saints School 

 House prior to the opening of the Victoria Institute. The special 

 meeting was held on the 28th June, 1893, when the Club invited 

 manj'^ of its friends to meet Sir Benjamin Stone, F.L.S., F.R.G.S., 

 F.G.S., etc., who was on a fl3ang visit to Trinidad. At the 

 ordinary monthly meetings papers and commnnications of 

 scientific nature have been read and specimens of interest 

 exhibited. The thanks of the Club are due to the gentlemen who 

 thus helped to make the meetings interesting. Members have 

 generally shown their appreciation of the papers read by an 

 increasing average attendance. A General Business Committee 

 was formed on the 2nd September, which has to deal with all 

 business in connection with the Club. This step was taken with 

 the view of so far as possible excluding from the ordinary meet- 

 ings the discussion of other than scientific matters. 



The Journal is issued regularly every two months, for 

 details of which I will refer the members to the Report of the 

 Publication Committee. Nos. 1 and 2 are entirely out of print 

 and of No. 3 there are not many copies left but of Nos. 4-9 there 

 are a good many left. Those members who may wish to com- 

 plete their sets of Journals are requested to take notice of this. 



I am sorry to say that it has not Ijeen possible to form a 

 Library yet, but with the books kindly pi'omised by Sir John 

 Goldney, it is hoped that one may be started with this nucleus. 



