to a sense of how much there is to learn, and inducing 

 them to turn to books for further information, to say 

 nothing of the advantage of a good grounding before 

 attending the more advanced Lectures given by the 

 different Sections. 



The Sections into which the Society is divided have 

 met week by week during the past Winter, and a report 

 of these Meetings will be given by the Secretaries of the 

 different Sections. 



Your Committee have met fifteen times during the 

 past year to arrange for the carrying on of the general 

 work of the Societ}', which has increased numericall}' to 

 a considerable extent. This, your Committee feel, will 

 necessitate an increase in their number, and a motion to 

 this effect will be brought before you, as it is felt that the 

 more the Members can be induced to take an active part 

 in the working of the Society, the more its efficienc}^ will 

 be promoted. The very object for which the Society exists, 

 is to instill a love of Natural Science, and it is hoped that 

 in the coming year good work maj' be done in tabulating 

 and recording what is perpetually going on around us, 

 which only awaits to be made use of to lead us on to more 

 perfect knowledge. 



Your Committee take this opportunity of thanking all 

 those who, by gifts and specimens and records of observation, 

 have enriched the Museum ; we must also thank those who, 

 by reading Papers before the Society, have helped to make 

 the past Winter Session a success. 



Our thanks are also due to the donors of Books to the 

 Library, and all those who so kindly assisted at the Annual 

 Conversazione. 



The Committee again ask the Members for their 

 indulgence as to things done or omitted, feeling that in a 

 large Society there must be some faults both of commission 

 and omission ; but if the Members will onlj^ take an interest 



