Thanks to the generosity of one of our members, Mr. Gregory, we 

 have hxd a valuable addition to our cases of objects, but I would sug- 

 gest thit two or three sub-committees, of three or four members each, 

 should be formed, whose duty it should be to collect a series of objects 

 and mount them for the use of the Society, the Society paying, if neces- 

 sary, the small expense attending such a procedure. I would suggest 

 for instance a series showing the stages of development of the common 

 house fly, the cockroach, &c., &;c. Another sub-committee might be 

 charged to collect the insects of a certain pond or district, or to find 

 varieties of some fern or moss, and mount them for the Society. It 

 would not be difficult to accomplish, and we have enough experienced 

 heads among us to provide chairmen of these sub-committees and to 

 do good work. 



I have always admired the zeal and patience of a former President, 

 who undertook a class for instruction in mounting. I would suggest 

 that this class be re-commenced, and that one corner of the room on 

 each gossip night should be held sacred to this purpose. 



Then I think we might have a diagram sub-committee, whose 

 duty it should be to prepare for the Society such comniDn diagrams as 

 are most likely to be useful to any lecturer, and who might sometimes 

 be called upon to provide one or more special diagrams for a special 

 lecture. 



My head is full of schemes such as these, which require only a 

 little organisation and energy to set going, and which, once started, 

 would grow and thrive, and prove not only interesting to the members 

 but of lasting benefit to the Society. 





