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Of three excursions which had been arranged, two were 
successfully carried through. The first was on May 16th, when 
Mr. R. Moxon took a party of 24 Members to Norbury, where 
a very pleasant afternoon was spent in viewing the Old Manor 
House and the Church. The other excursion took place on 
July 11th, when a small party, under the leadership of Mr. Gibbs, 
drove to Croxall. In connection with these excursions the 
Society is much indebted to the Rev. D. Adamson, Rector of 
Norbury, and the Right Rev. Bishop Staley, Vicar of Croxall, 
for the courtesy with which they put their time at the disposal 
of the members, and pointed out the objects of historical 
interest. The thanks of the Society are also due to S. W. 
Clowes, Esq., of Norbury Hall, and T. Levett-Prinsep, Esq.. 
of Croxall Manor, for the privilege of viewing their beautiful 
gardens and pleasure grounds. A whole day excursion to 
Monsal Dale and Ashford, which had been arranged by the 
President, unfortunately fell through. 
At the April meeting, Mr. F. E. Lott was unanimously 
re-elected as President for the session 1896-97. 
A further part of the Society’s Transactions has lately been 
published and despatched to Members; this part brings the 
Society’s published Transactions down to the beginning of last 
session, and contains, in addition to the papers read before the 
Society during the sessions 1893-94 and 1894-95, the first part 
of the transcript by the Rev. Vicars A. Boyle of the Parish 
Church Marriage Registers, and the commencement of the 
Botanical Section’s Flora of the District. 
In dealing with the work of the Sections, mention must be 
made of the loss the Society has sustained in consequence of 
Mr. R. N. Blackburn, late Honorary Secretary of the Photo- 
graphic Section, having left the town. This Section gave a 
capital Lantern display at the Society’s Annual Meeting, and 
the Society is much indebted to Mr. T. A. Gaved, one of its 
members, for preparing slides to illustrate some of the papers 
read before the Society. The Botanical Section has not held 
any meetings, but, as already mentioned, the 1st part of the 
local ‘‘Flora’’ is included in the part of Transactions lately 
published. 
