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glad to welcome man)' old friends, though we regretted the 

 absence of others, and especially that of Miss Kingsley, who 

 wrote most kindly on the occasion regretting her inability to be 

 present. 



The Kingsley Memorial Medal was presented to Mr. 

 Osmund W. Jeffs for his local Geological work. The 

 Members of the Society are deeply indebted to Mr. Jeffs for 

 the aid he has always given them, both on Excursions and in 

 reading Papers. 



Beside the usual objects shown in the different rooms in 

 the Town Hall, we have to thank the Rev. J. E. Vize and 

 Mr. Siddall for giving special Lectures, which were not only 

 beautifully illustrated, but proved very interesting. 



The Kingsley Memorial Prize of £\o was awarded to 

 Mr. W. E. Sharp for his Collection of Coleoplera, and other 

 awards were made to Mr. J. Arkle, Mr. A. Newstead, and 

 Mr. G. H. Evans. On the day following the Conversazione, 

 all the Members of the Society received an invitation from 

 Her Grace the Duchess of Westminster, to a Garden 

 Party at Eaton, when they had the opportunity of seeing a 

 splendid Collection of Exotic Insects displayed in the Library. 

 The Collection consists of about two hundred drawers of the 

 most gorgeous insects, which in colouring vie with the beauty 

 and splendour of the tropical plants and flowers of their native 

 habitat. 



We desire to record the best thanks of our Society to the 

 retiring President, His Grace the Duke of Westminster. 



The following Papers have been read at the General 

 Meetings : — 



Oct. 27 — " St. Mark's Cathedral, Venice", by J. Ernest Phvthian, 

 Esq., Manchester. 



Nov. 24—" With the Camera in the Canary Islands", by J. H. T. 

 Ellerbeck, Esq., Liverpool. 



