REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1902. 



'T'HE Council of the South London Entomological and 

 Natural History Society, in presenting the Thirty-first 

 Annual Report, is much gratified in being able to state that 

 the affairs of the Society continue to be most satisfactory. 



The membership again shows a slight increase. Fourteen 

 members were elected during the year, four have resigned, 

 and the Council regrets to record the loss of two Members 

 by death — Major Ficklin, a past President of the Society, 

 and one of its earliest supporters, and Mr, Mark Winkley. 

 Both these gentlemen were regular attendants at the meetings. 



The actual number of Members at the present time is 181, 

 of which 4 are Honorary, 5 are Life, 38 are Country, and 

 134 are Ordinary Members. 



The Honorary Treasurer's Balance-sheet, which will be 

 found at page x, shows that the usual satisfactory state of 

 the Society's finances has been maintained, under the able 

 administration of Mr. T. W. Hall. The Council desires to 

 point out that at the end of the year no less than fifty-five 

 Members were still in arrear with their subscriptions, and to 

 urge upon all Members the desirability of paying as early as 

 possible in the year, so that the affairs of the Society may be 

 carried on without causing the Treasurer unnecessary trouble 

 and anxiety. 



The meetings of the Society have been very well attended, 

 and the exhibits have also been of an interesting character. 

 The Council decided that it was not expedient to hold the 

 second meeting in June, which fell during the " Coronation 

 week," and due notice was forwarded to each Member. At 

 the second meeting in November the usual special exhibition 



