" any well considered scheme of educational progress. The 

 " Museum and Librar)- will go hand in hand as essential 

 " complements to each other in the advancement of Science 

 " and Art and intellectual development generally. A book 

 "without illustrations is of comparatively little value in 

 "teaching many of the most important .subjects now com- 

 " prised in general education. A Museum should be a 

 " book, or rather a librar}' of books, illustrated not by 

 "pictures only, but by actual specimens of the objects 

 "spoken of." 



It may be of interest to our Members to know that the 

 Board of Agriculture has lately been consulting our Curator 

 on the subject of the San Jose Scale Insect, which at one 

 time it was feared might become a pest in this country. 

 Mr. Newstead's intimate knowledge of scale insects has, 

 I hope, been of service to the Board. The study of these 

 minute pests has been with him the work of many years, 

 and I think our Society may be justly proud to have a 

 Curator who is certainly one of the best living authorities 

 on this subject. 



The Kingsley Memorial Fund Account will be placed 

 before the Meeting, with a detail as to how the Account 

 now stands. 



The Diamond Jubilee Commemoration of the 6oth Year 

 of Her Majesty's Reign, to a certain degree interrupted 

 the u.sual work of our Society ; but this can in no wa}' be 

 regretted, seeing that the peace and pro.sperity enjoyed 

 during this long reign have tended materially to the 

 advancement of Science and Art in all their branches, 

 adding not a little to the sum of human happiness. 



The financial position of the Society will be placed 

 before you by our Honorary' Treasurer, Mr. John Simox. 



The arrangements by which the Society carries on 

 its work will be considered under the following heads : — 

 Excursions, Conversazione, Lectures, and Sectional 



