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meeting, and also to Mr. M. M. Terrero for the paper 

 which he read in December. 



The treasurer's balance-sheet shows that the expenses 

 of the Club have been within the income, and that there is 

 a small balance to carry forward. 



Your committee regret that the excursions have not been 

 well attended, and hope that in future the members wiU avail 

 themselves of these outings more frequently, as they are 

 not only most pleasant social gatherings, but offer an 

 agreeable means of obtaining and imparting information. 



The following excursions were made during the year : — 



To Kew Gardens. 



To Watford. 



To Boxhill. 



To Kedhill, Godstone, and Caterham. 



To Leith Hill and Dorking. 



To the British Museum, Botanical Department, 

 ■when Mr. J. Britten, F.L.S., gave a demon- 

 stration. 



Tour thanks are due to Mr. J. Hopkinson, F.L.S., 

 F.G.S., for his kind assistance on the occasion of the 

 Watford excursion. 



The Club's collection in the Museum has steadily in- 

 creased both in number and importance since the last 

 report was issued, and the room is now barely large 

 enough to accommodate the numerous specimens. 



The books on Natural History in the Museum have not 

 been so freely used as could be desired. 



In consideration of the want of accommodation for the 

 specimens in the Museum and the desirability of arranging 

 them in a more central position in the town, your com- 

 mittee have been con.sidering ways and means for ac- 

 complishing this and obtaining a room sufficiently large 

 for displaying the collection and holding the monthly 

 meetings. 



The present income of the Club being inadequate to 

 meet this extra expense, several gentlemen have offered 

 to subscribe one guinea each per annum towards a Rent 

 Guarantee Fund, and your committee will be pleased if 

 others will foUow this good example and send in their 

 names to the secretary. 



As soon as a sufficient fund is established, your committee 

 will endeavour to secure a suitable room and arrange other 

 necessary matters connected with such business. 



