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The attendance at these Meetings has been good, and the 
discussions arising from the Papers interesting; also much 
original matter has been brought before the Society in 
connection with the district, so that the Committee have pleasure 
in looking back to the work of the past year, and trust there 
are yet many who may be found willing to come forward and 
read short Papers on the different subjects of interest they may 
be studying. In this way alone will the vitality of our Society 
be maintained. 
The only change in the officers of our Society, is the 
retirement of our Treasurer, J. B, Manninc, who has been with 
us from the formation of the Society, and has so discharged 
his duties as Treasurer, as to add materially to our success as a 
Society. It is with regret ‘that we lose the help of such an 
able officer and conscientious worker. 
Your Committee have, during the past year, met thirteen 
times for the purpose of conducting the business of the Society, 
and they trust that their endeavours to promote the general 
interest and welfare of the Society have met with the approval 
of the Members. 
LIST OF WORKS ADDED TO THE SOCIETY SINCE 
THE LAST REPORT WAS ISSUED. 
Natural History of the Corallines, by John Ellis. 1755. 
English Flora, by Sir J. E. Smith (4 vols.) 1828. 
The Coal Fields of Great Britain (3rd Ed.) by E. Hull, M.A., F.R.S. 1873. 
Liverpool Naturalists’ Journal. 1866-67. 
Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 
