XXVIII 
At the meeting held on the same night Mr. B. L. Oswell was 
unanimously re-elected President for 1906-1907. 
During the Summer an excellent list of Excursions was arranged, 
and all, with the exception of a whole day Excursion to Arbor Low 
and Hartington, were carried out. An average attendance of 25 for 
the first four show that the members much appreciate the arrange- 
ments made, and their thanks are in particular due to Mr. C. Hanson, 
than whom no more capable and energetic Excursion Secretary could 
be found. 
The list of Excursions as carried out, with leaders and attendances, 
was as follows :— 
1906 Leaders Attendance 
April 28—Croxden Abbey ae B. L. Oswell es =e a 10 
May 19—Bagot’s Park and Swilear Laven J. E, Nowers oe ee fo lle 
June 4 (Whit-Monday)—Charnwood Forest e s. Hollister. B.&e. + = S39, 
E. Lott, F.1.C, a ieott 
July 28—Stanton Moor and Middleton Dale Jas, O’Sullivan, F.1 OC, ... == 21 
The Museum has been enriched by several gifts and loans during 
the past season, notably by a most valuable collection of local birds, 
deposited by Alderman F. Thompson, to whom, and to the donors of 
other exhibits, the cordial thanks of the Society are due. 
The Committee feeling that, until the Corporation provide a 
Museum for the town in which the collection of the Society would no 
doubt form a nucleus, an effort should be made to increase the 
collection and display it to better advantage. They have purchased 
a large exhibition case and appointed a sub-committee to carry out 
necessary arrangement and classification. Gifts and loans to the 
collection within the scope of the Society would be gratefully 
received. . 
The Library, under the capable control of Mr. Cuddeford, has 
been brought into an efficient state, and has been enlarged by the 
purchase of several volumes and by gifts from several members, to 
whom the Society’s thanks are due. It is hoped that its usefulness 
has been much increased, and that members will avail themselves of © 
