The usual Exhibition of Varieties was held in November, 

 and was again a successful meeting. 



In order to add to the usefulness of the meetings, our 

 President, Mr. Fremlin, at the beginning of the year kindly 

 placed a microscope in the Society's rooms, so that it should 

 be available at any meeting for Members to examine objects 

 which might be brought up. Several members have availed 

 themselves of the opportunity thus afforded to illustrate their 

 remarks, and sets of slides have been lent by Messrs. Clark 

 and West. 



Mr. A. Harrison has again shown his kindly feeling to the 

 Society by donating a new patent Lantern Screen, which 

 will much facilitate the preparation for the Lantern Demon- 

 strations by the simple manner of its arrangement. Not 

 least in usefulness have been the kind offices of Mr. F. Noad 

 Clark in so ably taking charge of the Lantern on each of the 

 six occasions when it was used. 



During the year eleven Papers have been read, together 

 with five Reports of Field Meetings. These Papers and 

 Reports were contributed by the following gentlemen, to 

 whom the Council wish to express themselves much 

 indebted : — Mr. Step, four; Mr. Lucas, two ; Mr. Manger, 

 two ; Mr. R. Adkin, one ; Mr. Bateson, one ; Mr. Bishop, 

 one; Mr. Clark, one; Dr. Chapman, one; Mr. Kearton, 

 one; Mr. Montgomery, one; Mr. Percy Smith, one; and 

 Mr. West (Streatham), one. 



These Papers were of a most varied nature, five being 

 accounts of general Field Work, three were especially relative 

 to Lepidoptera, two to Ornithology, two to Conchology, two 

 to Botany (including Fungi), one to Arachnology, one to 

 Geology, and one to Experimental Biology. 



Five Field Meetings were held during the summer and 

 autumn. In point of interest, and in the large attendance of 

 members and their friends, they were the most successful the 

 Society has ever held. The weather was on each occasion 

 exceptionally propitious, and no doubt was a large factor in their 

 success. On the occasion of the Mickleham Meeting, under 

 Mr. Ashdown and Mr. Step, no less than forty met at tea ; 

 and at Brasted, under Mr. R. Adkin, the number was thirty- 



