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THIRD 



ANNUAL EEPOET OF THE COMMITTEE. 



SESSION 1882-83. 



At the close of this, the third session, your committee 

 have great pleasure in stating that the Club is in a satis- 

 factory condition, and has made considerable progress 

 during the past year. 



At the commencement of the session the members num- 

 bered thirty-six. During the year twenty-one new mem- 

 bers have been elected and seven have resigned, showing 

 an increase of fourteen since the last report. 



The ordinary meetings have been weU attended, and the 

 exhibition of objects of interest at these meetings has 

 tended to increase their attractiveness. Members are 

 invited to exhibit Natural History specimens at these 

 monthly gatherings. 



The following papers were read : — 



1882. April. . . " The Common Frog," by Mr. C. A. Watkins. 



„ May. . . "The Antiquity of Man," by Mr. F. W. Kudler, 



F.G.S. 

 „ June. . . "The Study of Natural History," by Mr. G. 



Douglas Pidcock, B.A., M.B. 

 „ July. . . " A Century of Natural History," by Mr. A. H. 



Sinsleton, F.R.Hist.S. 

 „ October. . "The Oldest British Recks," by Dr. H. Hicks, 



F.G.S. 

 „ November. "Volcanic Action," by Mr. C. H. "Watkins. 

 „ December. " The Geological Evidences nf the Antiquity of the 



Globe," by Mr. Manuel M. Terrero, A.R.S.M. 



1883. January. . " Certain Points in the Study of the Mammalia," 



by Mr. E. H. Scott, M.R.C.Y.S. 

 „ February. " Ferns and their History," by Mr. T. R. Keys. 

 „ March. . " The Human Ear," by Jilr. Bevil Granville. 



The thanks of the Club are due to Dr. Hicks for his 

 kindness in lecturing on the occasion of the Uctober 



