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The financial state of the Society continues prosperous. 

 There were 90 members last year and now they number 92. 



The members and their friends had two very agreeable 

 and instructive excursions. The first was on the second of 

 June, to explore the district between Ashford and Mersham 

 Hatch. The second was a dredging and exploring party to 

 Heme Bay and Reculver. Such excursions not only tend to 

 promote sociality among the members, but to familiarize 

 them with the natural history of the neighbourhood. 



Two scientific meetings were held at Dover and three at 

 Canterbury, at which were given papers or lectures amount- 

 ing in number to seven or eight, to wit : — 



Mr. Horsnaill, on "A Crustacean of the family Pycnogonidae, 

 found near Dover." 



Major Munn, on "The Hexagonal CeDs of Bees and 

 Wasps." 



Dr. Mitohinson, on " Voloanic Action (Extinct Volca- 

 noes)". 



Mr. Dowker, on " Some Points in the Geology of the Isle 

 of Thanet" (Two Lectures). 



Mr. Dowker, on " Marine Hydrozoa with some original 

 observations on Medusa), enumerating the Zoophytes found 

 at Heme Bay, October, 1869." 



Mr. Gulliver, on " The uses of the Red Corpuscles of the 

 Blood in Itespiration and the importance and significance of 

 their sizes both in a Tuxouomic and Physiological point of 



