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The Secretary was congratulated on his clear and lucid 
paper by the President, the Rev. H. H. Winwood, and Professor 
Harker; and owing to want of time the second paper by the 
Hon. Secretary, “On the occurrence of Characee in Purbeck 
Strata, near Weymouth,” was taken as read, and it will be 
found in our Transactions. 
During the year the following changes have taken place 
in our Members :— 
The Rev. Christopher Smythe, Vicar of Bussage 
Mr Charles Upton, Bownham, Stroud 
Mr W. A. Bailey, Cirencester 
Mr A. A. Hunter, Cheltenham 
Mr K. Lloyd Harford, do. 
Col. C. Frankland, do. 
were elected. Dr Francis Day, Mr W. B. Clegram, the Rev. J. 
H. Lee Warner, and Mr G. F. Riddiford we have lost by death; 
and General Pearse, C.B., Mr G. Whitcombe, and the Rev. T. 
Keble have resigned. 
I most heartily congratulate our indefatigable Hon. 
Secretary on having received from the Geological Society of 
London, at the Annual Meeting on February 21st, 1890, the 
Murchison Geological Fund, and I desire to place on record the 
words addressed to him on the occasion by the President, 
Dr Blandford:— 
“Mr Wethered,—The remainder of the Murchison Donation 
“Fund has been awarded to you by the Council of this Society 
*“on account of the researches you have undertaken into the 
“‘ microscopic structure of sedimentary rocks, and to aid you in 
** prosecuting further inquiries. The results of your examina- 
“tion of the insoluble residues obtained from the Carboniferous 
“Limestone, and of the remarkable minute tubular forms 
“(apparently organic) from various limestones, that you have 
“ascribed to Girvanella, are of great interest, and have 
“furnished an important contribution to our knowledge of the 
“manner in which Paleozoic and Mesozoic limestones have 
“been formed.” 
Having concluded this rather long account of the work of 
the Club during the past year, in which I have been greatly 
