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affairs of tlie Society were in a prosperous condition, there being a 

 balance in the hands of the treasurer of 121. Os. Id., after spending 

 19/. 5s. lid. in the pui-chase of new books and periodicals, the com- 

 mittee retaining a balance to defi-ay the expenses of printing a new 

 catalogue. Considerable additions had been made to the library, 

 which now numbered over 700 volumes, by purchase, and by donations 

 from Drs. Addison, Stevens, Wallich, Messrs. T. Davidson, Hennah, 

 Eoper, and the Secretaries of the Belfast, Eastboui-ne, Lewes, Maid- 

 stone and Mid Kent, and Quekett Societies. Additions had been 

 made to the microscopical cabinet of 129 slides from Messrs. Cui'ties, 

 Eden, Gwatkin, Marshall Hall, Hennah, Neate, C. P. Smith, Wonfor, 

 and Dr. Hallifax. The Monthly Microscopical Meetings had added 

 greatly to the value of the Society. The committee recommended the 

 holding a conversazione during the year. The thanks of the Society 

 were due to the Brighton and Hove Dispensary and to the Medico- 

 Chii'm-gical Society for the use of their room, and to those gentlemen 

 who had exhibited microscopes and specimens, read papers, and con- 

 tributed to the library, album, and cabinet. There had been seven 

 field excm'sions, one by special invitation from Mr. Grantham. The 

 annual exciu'sion was to Arundel, where the Mayor, W. W. Mitchell, 

 Esq., hospitably entertained the Society at luncheon, and His Grace 

 the Duke of Norfolk granted permission to see the private gardens and 

 groimds attached to Arundel Castle. An abstract of the Scientific 

 Proceedings showed that papers had been read by Dr. Badcock on the 

 " Gulf Stream," by Dr. Addison on " Daphnia pulex," Dr. Dawson on 

 " Spheres," Dr. Hallifax on " Bone" and " Polyzoa," Mr. Ackland on 

 " A Neutral Tint Selenite Stage," Mr. Hennah on " Hlumination" and 

 " Gundlach's Objectives," Mr. Howell on " Excavations through the 

 Post Pliocene at Brighton "and the "Brighton Cliff Formation," Mr. 

 Merrifield on " Tree Planting in Brighton — suggested improvements," 

 Mr. G. Scott on " Piude Flint Implements," Mr. Sewell on the " Use 

 of the Polariscope in the Determiaation of Structm'e," Mr. C. P. Smith 

 on " Lichens," and Mr. Wonfor on " Shell' Structure," " What is Coal ? " 

 " The Annual Excui"sion," and " Is Bomhyx callunce a Species or a 

 Variety ? " There had been three evenings for exhibition of speci- 

 mens, when many interesting objects had been exhibited, and at the 

 Microscopical Meetings practical instruction had been given to the 

 members in " Mounting," " Section Cutting and Making," " Illumina- 

 tion," &c., by Dr. Hallifax, and Messrs. Hennah and Wonfor. Votes 

 of thanks were passed to the Secretaries, Librarian, President, and 

 outgoing officers. 



The meeting then became ordinary, when the new President, Mr. 

 W. M. Hollis, took the chair, and Messrs. D. Friend, Dick, and W. S. 

 Smith were elected members. 



A number of very interesting specimens were then exhibited by 

 Messrs. Penley, Saunders, Hennah, Howell, Ardley, Sewell, Nourse, 

 Goss, and Wonfor ; among the most striking were a specimen of the 

 new burnet moth Zijgcena cxulans, exhibited by Mr. Goss, and of the 

 rare moth Deiopeia pulcliella, crimson speckled, taken by Mr. Wonfor 

 in a stubble field at Hove, on September 4th. 



