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success as to make the Brighton meeting one of the most suc- 

 cessful ever held. 



The members were received by Sir John Blaker, acting for 

 His Worship the Mayor (Mr. Alderman Stafford, J. P.), who was 

 absent from Brighton on the evening of June 7th, and by the 

 Mayor and Mayoress of Hove (Mr. Alderman Colman, J. P., and 

 Mrs. Colman) on the following evening at the Hove Town Hall. 

 Mr. Colman also kindly provided a Lecturer in the person of Mr. 

 K. Enoch, who delighted his audience with " The Wonders and 

 Romance of Insect Life." The ]\Iembers of the Union and 

 Associates were entertained by the Executive Committee at tea 

 at the Pavilion on Friday evening, and also at the Booth Bird 

 Museum on Saturday afternoon. 



The Society is greatly indebted to Mr. J. Williamson, of 

 Hove, for his exertions in connection with the Exhibition of 

 Photographs, Sec. It was due to him that such an admirable 

 collection was exhibited in the King's Apartments. 



The Council has much pleasure in chronicling the generous 

 gift by Mr. Haselwood to the Society of a handsome bookcase, 

 together with 328 volumes of valuable books. At a recent 

 meeting of the Society a special vote of thanks was given to Mr. 

 Haselwood for his munificent gift, and means were ordered to be 

 taken for securing a permanent record of Mr. Haselwood's 

 generosity. 



It has been found advisable to propose an alteration in the 

 Rule which decrees that the President and Council who are 

 elected in June shall retain until October. As the arrangements 

 for the Session are in a great part made previous to the assem- 

 bling of the Society in the second week of October it has been 

 thought right that the President and Council who are in office 

 during the year should have the responsibility of deciding on the 

 Programme for the Session. The alteration proposed in the 

 new Rule will have this effect. 



Mr. Lomax, having ceased to be Curator of the Museum, 

 Mr. Toms and Mr. Hilton have been made Joint Curators of the 

 Society's collections. The best thanks of the Society are due to 

 Mr. Lomax for the work he has done for the Society during the 

 many years he has acted as Curator. 



During the year which has passed, the Society has lost four 

 members by death, and four by resignation. 

 Sixteen new members have joined. 

 The papers read before the Society have been as follows : — 



1899. Oct. 11th. " Man's First Contact with Nature " : Prof. 

 BOULGEE, F.G.S., &c. 

 Nov. 15th. "Gilbert White, of Selborne " : Mr. E. A. 

 Martin. 



