REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1905. 



THE Council of the South London Entomological and 

 Natural History Society, in presenting the Thirty- 

 fourth Annual Report, is pleased to state that the 

 Society continues in a satisfactory condition. 



Since the last annual meeting eight new Members have 

 been admitted, six have resigned, and six have been removed 

 from the roll in accordance with Bye-Law 10, Chap. 2 ; and 

 we have sustained the loss of one Member by death, viz. 

 Mr. N. D. Warne, who joined the Society in 1888, and was 

 a most generous contributor to the Society's Library. His 

 death at such an early age is greatly to be regretted. 



There are at the present time one hundred and seventy- 

 three Members, and of these thirty-one are Country Members 

 and three are Honorary. 



The Treasurer's Balance-Sheet shows that the Society's 

 funds are in a satisfactory condition. 



The meetings have been as well attended as in former 

 years, and even those during the summer were on no occa- 

 sion much below the average, which the Recorder, Mr. 

 Ashby, reports has been more than thirty for the twelve 

 months. This year the general exhibits have been somewhat 

 more numerous than during the last year or two, but there 

 does not appear to be a sufficient desire to furnish short 

 notes on these exhibits so as to render them of more than 

 momentary interest. The lantern has been used on several 

 occasions, and the Council notes with pleasure that an 

 increasing number of Members are in the habit of registering 

 their biological observations by the use of the photographic 

 lens, and, in addition, are willing to impart the knowledge so 

 gained through the medium of lantern slides. To Mr. F. 



