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The Committee regret that there is not more competition 

 for the prizes offered, and would point out to the members, 

 especially the younger ones, the great desirability of forming 

 collections as a means to acquiring scientific information, and 

 trust that all, or nearly all, the prizes offered will be competed 

 for in the coming year. 



Next year your Committee hope to have provided in the 

 Museum suitable rooms, permanently at the service of the 

 members. The want of a fixed habitation has long been felt, a 

 place where the members can meet at all times, where their 

 books and instruments can be kept ready for constant use, 

 with a work-room for practical investigation. These necessary 

 adjuncts to the successful carrying on of the work of the Club, 

 your Committee hope shortly to have arranged. 



Your Committee beg to return their best thanks to the local 

 press for the lengthened reports given to their proceedings from 

 time to time ; also to the local railway companies for the 

 advantageous terms given on the occasion of excursions. 



Francis Joseph Bigger, Hon. Secretary. 



