Church ; and they then proceeded to Cliff End, where Mr. 

 Dowker explained the Geological features, especially of the 

 Thanet Sands there visible — which the freq^uent showers pre- 

 vented many from seeing. 



In October it was arranged to hold a Montlily Evening 

 Meeting at the Society's Kooms, for Scientific purposes, on 

 the third Tuesday, which has been carried out since, it is 

 hoped, with some benefit to those attending, more particularly 

 in Microscopic researches. The Committee hope to continue 

 these Meetings, and to see a larger attendance of working 

 Members at them, when they become more generally known. 



The last Meeting of the Society was at the King's School 

 Koom, on the 24th of November, at which Mr. Whittaker 

 gave an excellent and practical description of the Tertiary 

 Deposits of Kent, particularly of the immediate district round 

 the City, which was admii'ably illustrated by several large 

 diagrams ; and Mr. Saunders exhibited some beautiful speci- 

 mens of a genus of Buttei-flies, Ornithoptera primus, as 

 illustrating the passage of varieties into species, and the 

 great difficulty of deciding between them : The specimens 

 were from the Indian Archipelago, and wei'e remarkable for 

 their beauty and large size ; and both Lecturers furnished 

 much pleasure and instruction, by the clearness and ex- 

 cellence of their remarks, to a large audience. 



In the next winter the Committee hope (should the state 

 of the finances jwrmit it) to have a series of elementary 

 Lectures here on the various branches of the Science of 

 Natural History, so as to make a shoit course each on 

 Botany, Geology, Entomology, &c. 



Ajinexed is the account for the year already referi'ed to, 

 and a list of Books now in the Library. 



In conclusion, the Committee beg to congratulate the 



