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FOURTH 

 ANNUAL BEPOET OF THE COMMITTEE. 



SESSION 1883-84 



YouK Committee are pleased to report that the condition 

 of the Club is satisfactory, although there has not been a 

 large increase in the number of Members. During the 

 Session sixteen Members have been elected and twelve 

 resigned, making the present total fifty-four against fifty 

 last year. The ordinary meetings have been very well 

 attended, and your Committee again suggest to Members 

 the desirableness of bringing objects of Natural History 

 in which they are interested to these meetings for exhi- 

 bition. 



The following Papers were read : — 

 1883 April 12 . " The Interior of the Earth," by Mr. A. C. Qaudet, 

 A.E.S.M. 

 May 10 . " Local Birds," bv Mr. F. H. Haines. 

 " June U .'< The Physiology and Habits of the Hive-Bee," by 

 Mr. Eoland Ellis. 

 July 12 . . " The Skin and its Modifications," by Dr. Percy 

 " Taylor. 



Oct 10 . "The Old Volcanoes of Britain," by Prof . T. G. 

 " ' Bonney, M.A., F.R.S. 



Nov 12 . "The Mechanism of the Vertebrate Heart," by 



Mr. Wm. Boulting, L.R.C.P. 

 Dec. 12 . . " The Mimicry of Auimals by Seeds," by Mr. S. 

 Moore, F.L.S. 

 1884 Jan 16. . "The Natural History of the Diamond," by Mr. 

 F. W. Rudler, F.G.S. 

 Feb. 13 . " Physiognomy," by Dr. H. Cooper. 

 " March 12 . " The Eye," by Mr. O. Bevil GranviUe. 

 Tour thanks are due to Professor T. G. Bonney, M.A., 

 F.E.S., Dr. Percy Taylor, and Mr. Spencer Moore, F.L.S. , 

 for the Papers they contributed during the Session. 



The following Excursions were made — 

 1883. May 19 . To Boxhill and Dorking. 



June 16 . To Mr. F. G. Homiman 8 Museum at Forest Hill. 

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July 7 . To Leith Hill and Ockley. 



Your thanks are due to Mr. F. G. Horniman, of Surrey 

 Mount, Forest Hill, for his great kindness in inviting 



