Annual General Meeting, 1897. 
The Twenty-second Annual General Meeting was held 
in the Masonic Hall, on Thursday, October 21st, 1897. 
The President (Mr. F. E. Lott) was in the Chair, and 
was supported by a fair attendance of Members. 
The Honorary Secretary read the Report and Balance 
Sheet for the past year, as follows: 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1897. 
Your Committee have pleasure in presenting their Report 
of the Society’s 21st Session. 
An exceilent Programme was arranged for the Winter 
Session, and was carried out successfully, the average attend- 
ance being 54—a substantial increase on that of the previous 
Season, shewing that the interest of Members in the 
proceedings of the Society continues unabated. 
The following list gives the papers read, and other business 
transacted at the Evening Meetings. 
1896. 
Oct. 29.—Annual General Meeting and Exhibition of Lantern Slides. 
Attendance 28. 
Nov. 19.—Presidential Address: ‘‘ Burton Waters, drinking and brewing.”’ 
Attendance 65. 
Dec. 17.—‘' The Origin and History of Monk’s Bridge.” H. A. Rye. 
Attendance 50. 
Jan. 21.—'‘ The Climatal Distribution of British Plants." T. Gibbs. 
Attendance 25. 
Feb. 18.—'tGlimpses of Animal Life in the Geological Past.” 
Prof. J. W. Carr, M.A., F.G.S. Attendance 55. 
Mch. 18.—‘‘ Mountain Lakes.” Adrian J. Brown, F.I.C., F.C.S. 
Attendance 75. 
Apl. 8.—'‘ The Solar Eclipse of August 9th, 1896.’’ James G. Wells. 
Attendance 8o. 
