fHE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. xliii. 



The PRESIDENT then read his address, on the conclusion of 

 which Captain ELWES moved a vote of thanks. Dr. COLLEY 

 MARCH, in seconding it, observed 



throughout the address they had listened to they saw the careful painstaking of 

 an entomologist, and they were glad to recognise the number of instances of 

 original observation. If it had given them pleasure to listen to the address, how 

 much more pleasure would they have in reading it, when they could digest the 

 facts that to-day they had only hurriedly heard. 



The HON. TREASURER then presented the balance sheet for 

 the past year, which was a very satisfactory one. At the last 

 Annual Meeting he had the pleasure of announcing to the Club 

 that they had a reserve fund of ^100 in Consols. He was glad 

 now to be able to announce that the sum had risen considerably. 

 The Club was indebted to Mr. Eaton for his liberal contribution 

 of S towards the expense of printing the rainfall returns and 

 to Mr. H. E. Huntley for los. towards the Plate Fund. 



Mr. ALFRED POPE, in moving the adoption of the report, 

 complimented the Hon. Treasurer on the successful result of his 

 efforts. 



Mr. F. J. BARNES seconded the adoption of the report, and it 

 was carried unanimously. 



The PRESIDENT expressed the thanks of the Club to Messrs. 

 Eaton and Huntley for their contributions, and congratulated 

 Captain Elwes on his great success as Hon. Treasurer. 



The meeting then adjourned for luncheon, and was resumed 

 at 2.45, when the HON. SECRETARY presented his report, 

 prefacing it with a statement of receipts and expenditure in 

 connection with the summer meetings : 



"The membership of the Club is now (including the 14 new Members elected 

 to-day) 361, which, by a curious coincidence, is exactly the same number with 

 which the year started. The large influx of new Members has been counter- 

 balanced by an equally large number of deaths among our old Members and 

 departures from the county. The summer meetings this year, with the exception 

 of that at Sherborne, were not great successes financially. One sometimes hears 

 of Members who complain that they are asked to pay their portion of " incidental 

 expenses ' ' at these meetings ; but my statement of receipts and expenditure 

 shows that the small levy on Members is absolutely necessary. Of work done 



