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after us. It has been suggested whether it would not be better 
to publish our Proceedings more frequently, in a smaller form, 
and at a lower rate, and this while the subjects under investiga- 
tion are still fresh in the mind; but as this is a matter of 
financial detail, it will have to receive further consideration from 
your Committee. 
The financial position of the Society will be placed before 
you by our Hon. Treasurer, MR. Mitts, and we trust it may be 
found satisfactory. 
The accounts of the “Kingsley” Memorial Fund will also 
be brought before you by the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. BAILLIE. 
The “Cross” Memorial Fund terminates this year. It has 
been carried on for the last seven years to assist Mrs. Cross 
in the education of a young and numerous family. A full 
statement of the accounts of the past year, with a summary 
of all the payments made during the whole time, will be placed 
before you by the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. SIDDALL. The thanks 
of those who subscribed to this fund are due to MR. SIDDALL 
for the pains and trouble he has taken in seeing that the 
money was judiciously expended, and it will be a general 
source of satisfaction to know that we have thus been enabled 
to help the widow and children of one who, in the early days 
of the Society, did so much to foster a love of Natural Science. 
Much has been done in our Local Museum by our Hon. 
Curator, Mr. SHRuBSOLE, and there will be a separate Report 
read by him on this subject. 
The Library is in good order, and the Botanical Garden 
in the Grosvenor Park is found of great use in carrying on the 
study of Botany. 
We shall now turn to the more direct statement as to what 
the Society has done in the past year. This we consider under 
the following heads— 
ExcURSIONS GENERAL MEETINGS 
EvENING RAMBLES SECTIONAL MEETINGS AND 
CONVERSAZIONE PRIZES 
