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passing by Conkwell and through Mr. Skrine’s wood and Inwood’s 
gate on to the common and so to the main road by the dry arch. 
The day was fine and cold. 
The finances of the Club are in a satisfactory state, owing to 
the careful attention of the Treasurer, whose labours would be 
considerably lightened if members would give him less trouble by 
paying up their annual subscriptions more regularly. The balance 
this year is £25 7s. 10d., after an expenditure of £41 4s. 94d. ; and 
the number of members continues at its normal standard. It now 
only remains to add that the Club was formally represented by 
its Secretary at the Conference of Delegates from Scientific 
Societies, at the meeting of the British Association in Montreal, 
when the subject of the Confederation of Local Societies was fully 
discussed, without arriving at any definite conclusion. Our Club 
has, however, been placed on the list of Corresponding Societies 
in connection with the British Association, and it may be well 
to remind the members that. they are expected to forward as much 
as possible the chief objects, for which such societies have been 
- formed, ¢. g., investigations of the Geology, Natural History, and 
Antiquities of the neighbourhood. ; records of new sections 
opened ; record of the height and variations in level of water in 
wells, and other facts connected with underground waters and 
underground temperature ; record of erratic blocks in the locality ; 
measurement of rainfall, time of flowering of certain plants, the 
arrival of the migratory birds, the appearance and injuries of 
insects, &c. ; and the present condition and future preservation 
of objects of Antiquity in the locality. Our neighbourhood is 
well adapted for affording observations on such topics, and the 
members are urged to take advantage of the opportunities afforded 
by the weekly Walks and other Excursions, and energetically con- 
tribute to the advance of such systematic local investigation, 
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¢ JUL 1885 y 4 WINWOOD, 
é Fe te SOLU, Hon. Sec. 
