ANNUAL REPORT. 



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In presenting the Twenty-third Annual Report the Committee 

 is pleased to be able to congratulate the Members on the 

 prosperity and success which have attended the Society's work 

 during the past year. In membership, in financial position, in 

 public favour, and in efficiency and usefulness, the Committee 

 believe that the Society has made very decided progress. 



We have on our list six hundred and twenty-nine Ordinary 

 Members, twenty-three Honorary Members, and fifteen Cor- 

 responding Members. 



During the past year we regret to have to record the death 

 of two of our Honorary Members — The Rev. H. H. Higgins 

 and Prof. Tyndall. The Rev. H. H. Higgins was well 

 known to many of our members. He established a most 

 successful "Field Club" in Liverpool, and made the Museum 

 in that city one that its citizens may justly be proud of. He 

 took a deep interest in our Society, and in its early days 

 rendered us valuable assistance. In one of his lectures, entitled 

 " Is Nature Cruel .'' " he sounded the key-note of his own 

 character, which was one that could not fail to draw to him 

 all those who really cared to look lovingly into the marvels of 

 nature, and from thence to nature's God. The lives of such men 

 make little show in this world, but leave an ever-widening 

 influence for good, as their memory is cherished and respected. 

 Prof. Tyndall'.s death was inexpressibly sad. Though he 

 was not personally known to many of our .Society, his loss was 

 a national one, for his life's work had been given to the 

 advancement of Science. 



In reference to the Museum, it is gratifying to find that 

 the additional building is nearing completion, and there is 

 every prospect that the collections made by our Society will 



