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August 12th. 



ORDINARY MEETING.— MR. T. W. WONFOR ON 



"WORK OF THE SOCIETY." 



It would be in the recollection of some of the members of the 

 Society that in April, 1873, he read a paper before the Society on 

 the " Verificatiou of the Fauna and Flora of the County of Sussex," 

 in the course of which the following suggestions were made : — 



" First, as to the Society collectively — that the Brighton 

 Society became the conservator and depository of all lists which 

 might be entrusted to it, from time to time, by its own members, 

 by other kindred Societies, either in or out of the county, and by 

 natui'alists generally ; the question of publication of such lists, and 

 in what form, to be determined at some future period, i.e., either by 

 the Society alone, or by assistance from without. 



"Secondly, that it appoint sub-committees, from time to time, 

 to collate and compare the diflferent lists sent in. 



" Thirdly, that it invite the co-operation, in carrying out these 

 objects, not only of naturalists within the county, but of all who 

 had been known to work in any particular branch, and especially 

 to request information respecting new species. 



"Next, as to the members individually — that all who had 

 worked, or were working in any particular branch of Natural His- 

 tory — should contribute lists, with the approxiinate localities of all 

 species of plants or animals they had met, or might meet with, in the 

 county of Sussex, noting in each case, whether, in their opinion, 

 the specimens were common, rare, o)' local, together with any facts 

 respecting particular disti-icts or localities in the county, in which 

 each specimen was found, with time of appearance. This would 

 especially refer to land and fresh-water plants and animals. In 

 regard to the Marine Flora and Fauna, the times and seasons 

 when found, should in ever'y case be given, because so little was 

 absolutely known at present of the times, seasons, and changes of 

 most marine plants and animals." 



In accordance with a resolution passed at the meeting, the 

 Committee sent a circular to all societies and known naturalists in 



