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1880; 



February 3rd. — Our Sports and Pastimes : their origin and survival r 



Mr. J. E. Price, P.S.A. Member. 

 March 2nd. — Photography : its origin, progress, and practice : Mr G. Werge. 



Non-memher. 

 April 6th. — Old and new views concerning the earth : Prof. P. M. Duncan, 



F.R.S. Non-member. 

 May 4th. — The progress of Ocean Steam Navigation : Mr. W. H. White,. 



Assistant Constructor R.N. Non-memher. 

 October 5th. — Hlaciers and Olaciation : Mr. F. Bond, F.G.S. Non-memlcr. 

 November 2nd. — Coal Gas : Dr. Armstrong. Member. 

 December 7th. — Dyeing : Mr. W. Webster, Jun. Member. 

 There were two excursions : the first to Chatham Dockyard on Jime 10th ;. 



the second on July 10th to Mr. Charles Darwin's house at Down : 



those members who were present at the latter, I am sure, wiU always 



remember the occasion, and will regard it as the greatest privilege ever 



conferred upon them as members of our Association. 

 The retiring president, Mr. J. K. Laughton, delivered an address at the 



meeting on January 4tb. 



1881. 



February 1st. — The evolution of life with special reference to Darwin's theory 



of Natural Selection : Mr. J. Jenner Weir. Non-member. 

 March 1st. — Discoveries of Roman Remains made at Morton Farm, near 



Brading, Isle of Wight : Mr. J. E. Price. Member. 

 April 5th. — The lowest forms of animal life : Rev. H. H. Higgins. Non-member.. 



May 3rd. The eye as an optical instrument : Mr. J. W. Waghorn. Member. 



November 1st. — Dene-holes with special reference to the subsidences which 



have recently taken place on Blackheath : Mr. F. C. J. Spurrell. 



A^on-member. 

 December 6th. — Diamonds, natural and artificial : Mr. F. W. Rndler. 



Non-member. 

 Two excursions took place, one to Kew Gardens on June 10th ; another to 



the Zoological Gardens on October 22nd. 



1882. 



Jan. 3rd. — The Domestie Fireplace : Mr. C. H. Hutchinson. Member. 



Feb. 7th. — The Recent Progress of Anthropology at Home and Abroad : 



Mr. E. W. Brabrook. Member. 

 March 7th. — Communicable Diseases : Dr. Armstrong. Member. 

 April 4th. —Wind Force and the way it is Measured : Mr. J. K. Laughton. 



Member. 

 Mav 2nd. — Aerial Navigation : F. W. Breare}-. Non-member. 

 Oct. 3rd. — Early Man, or our Rude Forefathers : Rev. Brooke Lambert. 



Member. 

 Nov. 7th. — The Great Comet of 1882 : Mr. W. H. M. Christie, Astronomer 



Royal. Member. Also the Transit of Venus: Mr. E. W. Maunder. 



Non-member. 



