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place of Meeting for 1 899, but a hope was expressed that the 

 invitation to visit Brighton would be renewed fcr the following 

 year, when no doubt it would be accepted. 



During the past year the Society has lost three Members by 

 death and five have resigned. Nineteen new Members have> 

 however, been elected, showing an increase in the year of eleven 

 Members. 



The following is the list of Excursions — 



12th June, 1897, Newick Park. 



10th July, „ Crowborough. 



30th April, 1898, Cuckfield. 



I4th May, „ Chailey Common. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



Chairman : Mr. W. Claekson Wallis. 



Committee : Messrs. J. P. Slingsby Roberts, Douglas E. Caush,. 



W. W. Mitchell, W. H. Payne, E. J. Elgee, 



and C. Bereinoton Stoner. 



Hon. Secretary : Mr. R. Chappell Ryan, 43, Compton Avenue. 



Y"our Committee have to report that eight Sectional Meetings 

 have been held, and as last year, the attendance has only been 

 fair. Of these Meetings, one was held as a " Members' Evening, 

 for discussion of photographic matters and mutual criticism of 

 prints, etc. Four evenings were given up to the reading of 

 Lantern Lectures, on loan from the Editor, The Amateur Photo- 

 grapher ; these lectures were mostly instructive in their character. 

 Two evenings were devoted to the exhibition of the Amateur 

 Photogra'pher and Photography prize slides for '97; these two 

 Meetings were participated in by the Members of the Hove 

 Camera Club. The other evening was occupied by the Hon. 

 Secretary, who gave some hints on "Instantaneous Photography.'* 



The Annual Competition was held in November. Fifty-six 

 prints were sent in and one set of lantern slides ; eight awards 

 were made, and these were distributed amongst three of the 

 seven competitors. 



