ANNUAL REPORT. 



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The Committee of the Chester Society of Natural Science 

 and Literature have the pleasure of again presenting to 

 its Members the Annual Report. The Society has now 

 carried on its work for twenty-seven years. The past year 

 has been remarkable for a large increase of the ordinary 

 Members — ninety-four new names being added to the 

 list — showing that the general usefulness of the Society, 

 and the work which it is doing, are appreciated by our 

 citizens. 



We have to record with regret the great loss our 

 Society has sustained during the past year in the death 

 of its well-known Member, Mr. B. J. Baillie, F.L.S. 

 His admirable knowledge of Botany and Horticulture was 

 always at the service of our Society, whilst his list of the 

 Flora of the neighbourhood of Chester still remains as a 

 memorial of his steady work. In addition to being a 

 Member of our Committee, and Treasurer of the Kingsley 

 Memorial Fund, Mr. Baillie was one of the moving 

 spirits and workers amongst those who brought about the 

 erection of the Grosvenor Museum, and to the last he 

 identified himself with all its interests, and was always 

 ready with counsel and judicious help. 



The lyibrary and Museum are in good order, and reflect 

 the highest credit on our Curator, Mr. Newstead, who 

 never lets an opportunity escape him of securing useful 

 works for the Library and additions to the Museum, so 

 that we ma}' hope in time to have a model local collection ; 

 and here I may quote a passage from Sir W. H. Fi^oweR's 

 " Essays on Museums and other subjects connected with 

 Natural History": — "Before long a well-arranged and well- 

 " labelled Museum will be acknowledged as a necessity in 



