on New Year's day, but through unsuitable weather it had to be 

 abandoned. \ 



During the year the Officers of the Section have been changed, 

 Mr. A. W. Stelfox resigning the Chairmanship, to which office 

 Mr. A. Deane has been elected, and Mrs. A. W. Stelfox resigning 

 the Hon. Secretaryship, to which position the undersigned was 

 elected. 



The Committee wish to place on record the admirable services 

 rendered to the Section by Mr. and Mrs. Stelfox. 

 (Signed) 

 J. A. Sidney Stendall, Hon. Sec. of the Section. 



Report of Prizes Sub-Committee. 



The competition this year for the various Prizes offered has 

 not been encouraging. The Botanical papers sent in during the 

 two preceding years by Secondary School Pupils were quite a 

 feature of our competitions. It is regretable that no such Essays 

 were sent in for this year's prizes. 



Indeed the only competition this year was for Prize E., value 

 Half-a-Guinea, given by Mr. A. W. Stelfox to Junior Members for 

 the best written account of any meeting of the Junior Section held 

 during the Session 19 14-15. 



For this Prize (E) three Essays were submitted. We recom- 

 mend that the prize be awarded to Miss Annette B. Foster, for 

 her very full and sparkling account of an " Excursion to Belvoir 

 Park." 



We further recommend that Prize F., value Five Shillings, 

 and offered as a second prize for Subject E., by Mr. Nevin H. 

 Foster, be awarded to Mr. E. W. M'Clelland for his Essay entitled 

 " An Afternoon at Belvoir Park." This essay, though lacking 

 somewhat in the fulness of detail of Miss Foster's, is, nevertheless, 

 a very creditable account, more especially of the Pond Life side 

 of the excursion. 



