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Annual report read 13th December, 1902. Mrs. Brierley held the position of 

 president, with Mr. W. Cash as secretary. Seven meetings were held during the 

 period (16 months) with an average attendance of 7. Two members resigned, and 

 one new member was elected. The usual reading of papers and exhibition of 

 specimens were a feature of the year's progress. 



Annual report read 12th December, 1903. Mr. Wm. Nelson, president, and 

 Messrs. W. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., and J. W. Taylor, F.L.S. , as joint secre- 

 taries. Eleven meetings were held during the year, with the small average of 4 

 members per meeting, sickness being the cause of the small average. Only two 

 papers were given, but the exhibits were numerous as in other years. The club 

 lost 3 members by resignation, ill-health and other work being the reasons. 



Fred Booth, ~\ t • ,. c 



J. E. Crowther, / J^^"^' Sees. 



335th Meeting-, October 12th, 1904. 



Mr. Edward Collier (vice-president) in the chair. 

 Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 

 The usual periodicals received in exchange. 



Papers Read. 



" Report on the Northwich Ramble," by B. R. Lucas. 



" Vivipara contecta var. atro-piirpitrea nov., at Wicken Fen," by Fred Taylor. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. T. IL Piatt : Helix nemoralis, H. hortensis, Helicigona lapicida var. 

 nigiescens, H. arbustoriiin, Clausilia hideniata, and deciHoides aa'ctda, from 

 Miller's Dale, Derbyshire. 



By Mr. W. D. Roebuck : Liinax ienelbi% (living) taken since the annual meet- 

 ing (when Scotch examples of this species were shown) at Epping Forest. 



By Mr. J. Wilfrid Jackson : A number of interesting examples of the borings 

 of moUusca ( /%/zx nemoralis and H. arbustorutn) underneath ledges of limestone 

 in the Derbyshire Dales, illustrated by photographs taken recently by Mr. R.Welch. 

 A fine specimen of rock with similar holes from Great Orme's Head (collected by 

 Mr. R. D. Darbishire) was also exhibited. 



By Mr. R. Standen : A fine example of the boring of Teredo palmtilata in 

 mahogany, together with a series of the shells and "i^allets." 



By Mr. F. Taylor : A fine series of Vivipara contecta, to illustrate his note. 



336th Meeting-, November 9th, 1904. 



Mr. Edward Collier (vice-president) in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 



The usual periodicals received in exchange. 



Candidate Proposed for Membership. 



J. R. Charnley, F.Z.S., F.E.S., The Avenue, Moor Park, Preston. 

 Papers Read. 



"Notes from the River Weser"; "Notes from Venice " ; '■'■ Anodonta eygnea 

 attached to foot of Plover " ; " Do Swans and Ducks eat Anodonta eygnea ? " by 

 Lionel E. Adams. 



'■'■ Helicella caperata m. sinistrorsum,^' in Northants," by W. A. Shaw. 



" Umbilicated Limncea stagnalis," by W. H. Hutton. 



" Vertigo moidinsiana Dupuy, in Berkshire," by J. R. le B. Tomlin. 



" Destruction of Potatoes by Slugs," by E. W. Swanton. 



