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WEDNESDAY, JUNE i2TH, 1901. 



Annual ®^n^ral ^e^ting, 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE i2Th, 1901. 



There is little of any special importance in the annals of the 

 Society to record during the past year. The Lecture entitled 

 " Autocrats and Fairies," given by Mr. Enock, to which the 

 public were admitted on payment, resulted in so small a loss that 

 it will probably be in the interests of the Society to repeat the 

 experiment. In order to obtain records of facts and phenomena 

 of interest, and which may be of importance from a Natural 

 History point of view, —such as the date of the appearance and 

 disappearance of certain birds and insects, or the scarcity or 

 abnormal abundance of them at different seasons, &c., — notice 

 has been sent to all .VIembers that Mr. W. W. Mitchell, of 66, 

 London Road, has kindly offered to take charge of a book in 

 which such observations as may be sent to him by Members will 

 be entered. 



As other Societies are adopting the same course, it is to be 

 hoped that Members generally may take an interest in the 

 scheme, so that the results obtained in different districts will 

 admit of comparison. 



During the past year fourteen new Members have been 

 enrolled, eleven have resigned, one has died, and five have been 

 struck off the list. 



The Excursions have been as follows :^ 



1900. May 1 2th. Friar's Oak and Danny Park. 

 „ June 2 1 St. Maresfield. 



1901. May 14th. Shoreham and Steyning. 



Papers read before the Society at its Ordinary Meetings :— 

 1900. Oct. loth. "The Amateur in Science." — 



Mr. VV. Clarkson Wallis. 

 „ Nov. 13th. "The Ancient Beaches of Brighton and 

 their Microscopical Contents." — 

 Mr. Fred. Chapman, A.L.S., F.R.M.S. 



