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In the early summer the Honorary Secretary of 
the Society expressed to the Council his need of 
some assistance during the following few months, in 
consequence of his impending marriage. Mr. R. W. 
Wylie was, therefore, asked to act as joint-secretary 
with Mr. C. O. Bartrum. This he kindly consented 
to do. The thanks of the Society are due to him 
for the assistance thus rendered. 
The accounts of the Society for the year 1906 
have been audited. A statement of receipts and 
expenditure will be found on page 8 & g. It will be seen 
by this statement that there is a deficit on the year’s 
work of £2 8s. 3d., making, with the deficit outstanding 
at the end of 1905, {12 1s. tod. This will be more 
than covered when the subscriptions for 1906 still 
unpaid have come in. It is satisfactory to be able 
to report that the deficit that the accounts have 
shown since 1902 has now been practically wiped out. 
Twenty-eight meetings have been held during the 
year, including three vacation meetings. There were 
given, in addition, three Christmas Juvenile Lectures, 
and a course of three lectures on Nature Study. The 
proceedings at the General and Sectional Meetings 
will be found on pages Io and 23. The Natural 
History and Photographic Sections have been very 
active during the past year, and their meetings have 
been unusually well attended. Particulars of the 
vacation meetings will be found on page 23. 
The course of Christmas lectures to children 
(see page 24) was fairly well attended. Three lectures ~ 
on Nature Study (see page 23) were given by Mr. 
Wilfred Mark Webb in the early months of the 
year. The lectures contained much that was of 
