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1912. 
Feb. 8th—* “ A Ride on a City Tramcar from the General Railway 
Station to Overleigh Lodge, noting Historical Sites and 
Buildings seen by the way.”—Mr. Frank Simpson 
(by special request). 
April 25th—* Exhibition of the Affiliation of Photographic Societies’ 
Prize Lantern Slides for 1911. Descriptive Notes read 
by Mr. FRANK SIMPsoNn. 
LITERATURE SECTION. 
1911. 
Nov. 16th—* “The Roman Wall,” commonly called Hadrian’s Wall.— 
Tue Rev. R. A. Tromas, M.A. (Principal, Diocesan 
Training College). 
1912. : 
Feb. 22nd—* “Round about Rochester with Charles Dickens.’’— PrRo- 
ressor J. C. Bringer, M.A., D.Mus., F.S.A. 
March 28th—* “ Moliére.”—Mkr. J. MenreitH GRAHAM. 
ASTRONOMICAL SECTION. 
1911. 
Nov. 28rd—‘ Vision.”—Dr. Joun Wetsu, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., F.C.S., 
Ph.C, 
* Illustrated by lantern Slides, &c. 
The average attendance at these General and Sectional 
Meetings was even more gratifying than at the Excursions and 
Field Meetings. 
On several occasions a greater number of Members attended 
than sitting accommodation could be found for; and, with one 
exception, all those who delivered Lectures and read Papers were 
Members of the Society. 
Your Committee have pleasure in drawing special attention 
to Special Scientific work done by two prominent workers of the 
Society. 
In the Spring of last year, Proressor RoperT NEwsTEAD was 
elected a Member of the Commission appointed by the Colonial 
Office, under the direction of the Royal Society of London, to 
enquire into the relation of the African fauna and its possible 
maintenance and spread of Sleeping Sickness, and other forms of 
Trypanosomiasis. 
Owing to the serious increase of the tsetse-fly / Glossina 
morsitans) in the Nyasaland Protectorate (British Censza/ Africa) 
