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(i) To submit himself unreservedly to the hospitable 

 designs of the local committee, his hosts. 



(2) To pass a great number of votes of thanks. 



(3) To report to his society what was done. 



Having carried out the first duty with meekness and in 

 the spirit of non-resistance, he performs the second with 

 enthusiasm, but with No. 3 his troubles begin, for the work 

 that is crowded into three and a half days might well occupy 

 a week, and therefore requires a somewhat lengthy report. 

 The hard work of the Congress is done by the officers of the 

 Union and the local committee, but in spite of that the 

 delegate has a strenuous time. 



The President of the Congress was Dr. Dukinfield Scott, 

 F.R.S., who is also President of the Linnean Society. The 

 Mayor and Corporation of Winchester had placed the Guild- 

 hall at our disposal, and the meetings were held in the great 

 hall, the stage and galleries were transformed into the 

 Congress museum, the banqueting chamber became the 

 reception room, and an office was set apart for the general 

 secretary; in addition, one delegates' meeting was held in 

 the city court-room. The mayor and mayoress gave initial 

 dignity to our proceedings by an official reception, and 

 attended some of the later meetings. 



In his Presidential Address Dr. Scott took as the main 

 subject of his discourse the ancient flora of the Wealden 

 formations, and dealt particularly with those primitive forms 

 of seed-bearing plants most nearly represented by the Cycads 

 of to-day, and which appear to bridge over the gulf between 

 the Cryptogams and the Phanerogams. 



At the business meeting next morning the Council, the 

 treasurer, and the sectional committees gave an account of 

 their varied activities since the previous Congress, which 

 showed an increase of societies and members, a small but 

 sufficient balance in hand, a successful autumnal meeting at 

 Tring Museum, a Cryptogamic meeting at Tunbridge Wells, 

 and a keen look-out for treasure-trove. These matters met 

 with the approbation of the delegates, so that all the re- 

 ports were accepted by them without amendment, and we 

 adjourned to the great hall, where your esteemed President, 

 Mr. Sich, read a paper on " Leaf-mining Insects," which 

 the chairman characterised as a most delightful as well as 

 valuable address, a verdict which was endorsed by the hearty 

 applause of the audience, as well as by comments which 

 reached the ears of your delegates later on. It should be 

 satisfactory to you to know that the reputation of the South 



