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ANNUAL REPORT. 
Your Committee, in presenting this their Ninth Annual Report, 
can again speak with satisfaction of the position held by the 
Society. We no longer expect large accessions to our numbers 
or any marked events altering the constitution of a Society 
whose object is the furtherance of scientific research ; quiet 
work in the vast fields of Natural Science, done perhaps in out- 
of-the-way corners, is the most we should look for, and in this 
it is to be hoped our Society shows to the best advantage. As 
these reports profess to give a short summary of the events of 
the year, and as our prosperity depends to a certain degree on 
our numbers, we are happy to state that we have now on the 
books 591 Members. Since the last Annual Meeting we have 
elected 53 Ordinary Members and 2 Corresponding Members, 
and lost by death and removal 96 Members. 
The financial position of the Society is yood, as will be 
seen by the Treasurer’s Statement. You will also be furnished 
with a statement of the “Kingsley Memorial Trust Fund” and 
the “Cross Memorial Fund.” 
In our last Report we mentioned a meeting held on the 
22nd Oct., 1878, to take into consideration the establishment 
of a Botanical Garden, but nothing was done in that year, 
beyond the obtaining from the Town Council an allotment of 
ground for the purpose, in the Grosvenor Park. It was not 
till Sept., 1879, that the beds were ready for planting out, 
when, thanks to the kindness of Mr. A. O. WaLker, they were 
fairly stocked, and in the same month the whole’ ground was 
marked out with a view to containing representative plants of 
