TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT 



OF Till'; 



BIRMINGHAM 



NATURAL HISTORY & MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY, 



READ AT THE 



ANNUAL MEETING, HELD FEBRUARY 1st, 1881. 



Although during the past twelve months the energies of the 

 Society have been somewhat impaired by the loss of their usual 

 meetmg-room, and the changes and temporaiy inconvenience 

 to which they were subjected, yet the work of the year has 

 not been seriously interfered with ; while with the greatly 

 increased advantages now available to the members, there is 

 groimd for the expectation that in the near future there will 

 be greater activity and usefulness than in any former period of 

 the Society's existence. 



The chief event of the year has been the removal of the 

 Society from the Midland Institute, where the necessary accom- 

 modation could no longer be afforded them, to the new Science 

 College, established by the munificence of Sii' Josiah Mason. 

 Here the Trustees of the College have granted them a large 

 and convenient room for their exclusive use, together with the 

 permission to hold their General and Sectional Meetings in the 

 Biological Theatre, which affords ample accommodation for the 

 largest number likely to attend. 



With a view adequately to recognise the generous spirit iu 

 which the Committee was dealt with by the Trustees of the 

 Mason College, they, with the unanimous approval of the mem- 

 bers, decided to furnish the Society's Room in a substantial and 



