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ANNUAL REPORT. 
Ovr last Annual Meeting took place on the 30th of June, 
1874, when a change was made in our Rules, and we fixed April 
as the month in which this Meeting should be held, thus giving 
a definite ending to our Winter Lectures, before entering on the 
Summer Field Excursions. This last year has, in consequence, 
been father a short one, but not on this account devoid of 
interest, as we have to record the steady progress the Society 
has made in developing its own internal resources. We have 
now on our books a total of 541 members. Since our last 
Annual Meeting we have added 3 honorary members, and 
63 ordinary members. We have lost by death and removal 
2 honorary members, and 18 ordinary members. We have 
to regret the loss of a distinguished honorary member, 
Srr Cartes Lett; he was taken from us full of years, 
and after a life of real work in the field of geology, which 
science he, with many distinguished colleagues, may be said 
to have almost reconstructed, and given a fresh stimulant 
to its study, by directing the mind to the closer observance 
of the every-day occurrences of nature, which are now found 
to be the best interpreters of the changes which have taken 
place in past times. The saddest and most marked event of 
the year has been the death of our President and Founder, 
Cuarnes Kriyestey, to whom we, as a Society, owe every- 
thing. He departed this life peacefully at his own beloved 
Rectory of Hversley, January 23rd, 1875, and some of our 
Committee had the privilege of representing this Society at 
the funeral, when we stood amidst a crowd beside the grave 
of one loved and honoured, and mourned with no common 
sorrow. We shall not often look upon his like again, but 
