very serviceable cabinet for the accommodation of the collection, 

 the best thanks of the Society are due also to Mr. E. Adkin. 



The Honorary Librarian, Mr. A. W. Dods, reports that the 

 Library was used for reference to a greater extent than last year, 

 and that the number of books borrowed shewed a marked increase. 



There have been seven Field Meetings held during the year : — 



May 27th. — Beaconsfield, conducted by Mr. H. J. Turner. 



June 10th. — St. Albans, conducted by Mr. A. E. Gibbs. 



June 17th. — Blackheath, Albury, Surrey, conducted by Mr. W. 

 J. Kaye. 



July 1st. — Eeigate, conducted by Mr. A. E. Tonge. 



July 15th. — Clandon, conducted by Mr. H. J. Turner. 



September 16th. — Burnham Beeches, conducted by Mr. R. A. R. 

 Priske. 



November 4th. — Oxshott (Fungus Foray), conducted by Mr. 

 S. Edwards. 



Messrs. E. Step and H. J. Turner were again appointed as the 

 Society's delegates to the Annual Congress of the South -Eastern 

 Union of Scientific Societies which was this year held at St. Albans 

 in June, and Mr. Step read a report of the gathering. On the last 

 day of the Congress, at the instance of Mr. A. E. Gibbs, a field 

 meeting was arranged to take place at St. Albans conjointly with the 

 Hertfordshire Natural History Society and those members of 

 the Soath-Eastern Union who were remaining. At the conclusion 

 of the ramble through Gorhambury Park, the seat of the Earl of 

 Verulam, the members were most hospitably entertained in the 

 beautiful grounds of Kitchener's Meads by Mr. and Mrs. A. E. 

 Gibbs. 



Mr. R. Adkin again represented the Society at the meeting of 

 representatives of Corresponding Societies affiliated to the British 

 Association, and the thanks of the Society are due to him for his 

 report of the proceedings. (See page 71). 



The volume of Proceedings published during the past year, 

 consists of xvi-f 176 pages with 9 plates, and is considerablj' larger 

 than the volume of any previous year. Such a production would 

 be quite impossible without the generous aid of many individual 

 members, who take upon themselves much of the financial 

 responsibility for this necessary portion of the Society's work and 

 influence. To all those who have helped in this, the best thanks 

 of the Society are due. 



The following is a list of the additions to the Library mainly by 

 Donation and Exchange : 



