those of the previous year, as will be seen by the balance- 

 sheet. 



During the summer months three .Field Meetings were 

 held, namely : — On Whit Monday, May 25th^ at Brockenhnrst 

 and district, under the leadership of Mr. Stanley Edwards. 

 Accommodation was provided for the convenience of those 

 Members who were able to leave town on the previous 

 Friday, of which several availed themselves, and others 

 joined the party on the Monday. On Saturday, June 20th, 

 at Byfieet, and along the banks of the Basingstoke Canal, 

 conducted by the Rev. J. E. Tarbat. And on Saturday, 

 July i8th, at Chalfont Road and the adjoining beechwoods, 

 under the leadership of Mr. R. South. (A special report of 

 this Meeting is printed with the papers at the end of this 

 volume). The Council desires to tender its thanks to the 

 gentlemen who acted as conductors on these occasions, 

 whose care in carrying out the arrangements conduced so 

 much to the success of these most enjoyable and instructive 

 Meetings. 



Of the ten original papers which have been read during 

 the year, four were contributed by Mr. Adkin, two by Mr. 

 TuTT, and one each by Messrs. Billups, Mansbridge, 

 South, and Turner. The majority of them deal with 

 matters of scientific interest, and it is hoped will be printed 

 in full with this volume. In addition to these, Mr. F. Enock 

 gave an exceedingly interesting lecture, illustrated with the 

 oxy-hydrogen lantern, on the life-history of Cicendela cainpes- 

 tn's ; and Mr. Barrett introduced a discussion on the genus 

 Dianthcecia, which latter is briefly reported in the " Abstract 

 of Proceedings." 



The attendance and exhibits, as well as the general interest 

 manifested in the proceedings, at the ordinary Meetings 

 have been quite up to the average. A novel feature was 

 introduced by one of the Meetings being specially set apart 

 for the exhibition of varieties, and both the exhibits and 

 attendance were fully up to the Council's most sanguine 

 expectations. 



The "Abstract of Proceedings" for 1895 was published 



