COUNCIL'S REPORT, 1893. 



'"PHE Council of the South London Entomological and 

 1 Natural History Society, in presenting the Twenty-First 

 Annual Report to the members, are gratified in being able to 

 state that the affairs of the Society remain in a prosperous 

 condition. 



During the past year the number of new members 

 elected has not been very large, being only seven, and in 

 the same period twenty-two resignations have been accepted ; 

 the Council also, in the exercise of their discretion, under 

 Bye Law lO, sec. 2, have removed the names of ten members 

 from the books for non-payment of their subscriptions, and 

 the Society has suffered the loss of two members by death. 



The operations of the aforementioned causes now leaves 

 the total number of members at one hundred and ninety- 

 two, and the Council trust that all will dp their utmost 

 in co-operating to maintain the numerical strength of the 

 Society. 



In the beginning of the year, a joint Committee of the 

 Council and ordinary members, consisting of Messrs. AULD, 

 Barker, Carpenter, Edwards, Hawes, Turner, A. D. 

 Warne, Williams, and VVinkley, was appointed to 

 consider and deal with tlie Field Excursions for the ensuing 

 Summer, and it was then arranged to hold the following : — 



To Horsley, Surrey, on the 13th of May, under the direction 

 of the Excursion Committee. 



To Oxshott, Surrey, on the loth of June, under the 

 direction of Mr. R. SOUTH. 



To Westerham, Kent, on the 15th of July, under the 

 direction of Mr. H. J. TURNER. 



