C H ESTER 



S0cttt2 of Uatural Science ^ literature 



(Founded by Charles Kingsley, 1871.J 



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TWENTY-SEVENTH 



ANNUAL REPORT 



AND 



STATEMENT OE ACCOUNTS, 



FOR THE YEAR 1897-98. 



. CHESTER: 



PRINTED BY G. R. GRIFFITH, GjROSVENOR STREET. 

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