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The Committee in presenting their Eleventh Annual Eeport 

 to the Members, have again to congratulate them upon the 

 financial condition of the Society, the balance in hand being 

 £9 13s. 9d. 



Since the last Annual Meeting Eight new Members have 

 been elected, while the losses by Resignation, Removal, and 

 Death, have not been such as to affect seriously the numerical 

 strength of the Society. 



Among the New Members the Committee have had the 

 pleasure of welcoming a most distinguished naturalist, G. 

 Gulliver, Esq., who has already contributed two valuable 

 papers, and whose future aid will doubtless tend greatly to 

 the efficiency of the Society. 



Two Excursions took place during the past Summer, the 

 first to Shottenden "Woods, which was very numerously 

 attended ; the second to St. Margaret's Bay, which would 

 have met with equal patronage but for the threatening aspect 

 of the weather ; those Members who ventured however, were 

 gratified by spending a day of real enjoyment. 



Eull accounts of the above will be found in the following 

 Eeport of the Meetings which is nearly twice as voluminous 

 as any previous one, and includes papers by Major Munn, Dr. 

 Mitchinson, Ambrose Poynter, Esq., G. Gulliver, Esq., and 

 W. Ord, Esq., M.D. 



The December General Meeting, when a lecture on 

 " Tongues " was delivered by the latter gentleman, was a 

 most interesting and successful one, and was very well 

 attended. The Library has received several valuable additions 

 during the pa.st year, and besides the books and periodicals 

 purchased by the funds of the Society, the following have 



