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Publication Committee's Report. 



The Publication Committee have the honour of presenting 

 their report of the work for the year 1892--3. Last year the 

 Committee consisted of only four meml)ers, Imt one l)eing away 

 for some time Mr. Urich was appointed an acting mem))er, and 

 his services were so valuable and acceptable that the Com- 

 mittee was by a special resolution of the CIuIj increased to five 

 and he was appointed a regular member. 



The Committee have during the j'^ear issued five numbers of 

 the Journal containing 127 pages of reports and papers. The 

 reports are up to date but there is a slight arrear with regard to 

 the papers. This is owing to the fact that it was not until the 

 third issue of the Journal that reports of the meetings were 

 published and it was then tliought that accounts should be given 

 of all the meetings from the commencement of the Club and 

 consequently there were considerable arrears to be made up and 

 the Committee have only just completed the series. But in 

 doing this they have encroached on the space which should have 

 been exclusively occupied by Club papei's. Fourteen original 

 papers have been contributed by members, two of which — Dr. 

 Rake's interesting sketch of his visit to India and Mi-. Broadway's 

 excellent description of the Natural order of the Compositse, — 

 occupied two numbei's each. One of the most useful of the 

 papers published was Mr. Oldfield Thomas's Preliminary list of 

 the Trinidad Mammals and Dr. Rake's and Mr. Gatty s list of 

 Trinidad Butterliies will find equal merit in the estimation of 

 Entomologists. 



The Committee ha'^e again to thank tlie Editors of the 

 Port-of-Spain Ua::ette, the Observer, the Daily Xeics, Ckitholic 

 Neivs and the late Public Opinion for their kindness in placing 

 their columns at the disposal of the Committee and also for the 

 very complimentary notices which they have been good enough 

 to publish with reference to the Journal fi'om time to time. 



The Committee desire to express their sense of gratitude to 

 Mr. Alex. Hamlyn who kindly designed the cover of the Joxirnal 

 which has since been engra\'ed. Mr. Haml^'n has on several 

 occasions gi-atuitously given his services to the Club in mattens 

 of this kind and the Committee feel sure the Members will join 

 them in this sentiment. 



H. Caracciolo, 

 Syl. Devenish, 

 P. Carmody, 

 R. R. MoLF, 

 F. W. Uricii, 



