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ever, it is expected will be repaid, to a large extent, by the sale 
of the catalogues. Another reason for increase under this head 
is the larger number of Members, which of course necessitates the 
printing of a larger number of notices of the Society’s Meetings, &c. 
The same reason will also explain the increase under the head of 
postages. 
The more immediate work of the Society, for the sake of 
convenience, may be placed under four heads :— 
1. Excursions during the summer months ; 
2. Evenrnc WALKS; 
8. GenERAL LECTURES ; 
4. SecrionaL MEETINGS. 
There have been Eight Field Excursions, when the following 
places were visited :— 
May LGth oe iets tere tastes ... Farndon and Holt 
June 2nd ........ oove sees Hawarden 
SPIRE ith, s relevgies Vale sate Hawkestone 
Dralysl Othe snmsilasect ts ees Burton Point 
Sec et “Sane ee ve ang s Dale 
August 25th ............Storton Woods and Quarries 
September 4th......... ... Tan-yr-ogo (Cave and Encampment) 
near Abergele 
9 20th ......+.+. Wrexham (Art Treasures Exhibition) 
The excursions have been well attended, and are, with many 
of the Members, the most popular part of the Society’s proceed- 
ings. ‘The thanks of the Society are due to those noblemen and 
gentlemen who have opened their grounds to the Members on 
many of their excursions. ‘The numbers attending the excursions 
have seldom been less than a hundred, and the weather, with few 
exceptions, has been favourable. Besides these Field Excursions, 
which occupy the best part of a day, the Committee organized a 
series of Thursday Evening Walks in the immediate neighbour- 
hood of the city. These were fairly attended, and it is hoped that 
the younger Members will, in the coming year, not neglect this 
opportunity of increasing their knowledge of the local flora and 
fauna. 
A Conversazioné was held on October 3rd, 1876, at the Town 
Hall. On this occasion we were fortunate in having our 
