REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 19I 



Mar. 9. — Mr. W. H. Young, F.Z.S. : " Marine Algae" ; chair taken 

 by Mr W. M. Pybus. 



Mar. 23.— Rev. J. E. Hull, M.A. : "The Evolution of the Flower"; 

 chair taken by Prof. Thos. Oliver, M.D., F.R.C.P. 



April 6.— Mr. A. T. Gillanders, F.E.S. : "Forest Entomology"; 

 chair taken by Mr. John Pattinson, F.I.C. 



April 20. — Rev. W. J. Wingate : "Our Hoverer Flies"; chair taken 

 by Lt.-Col. C. H. E. Adamson, CLE. 



The experiment tried last year, of giving during the 

 Christmas holidays two afternoon lectures adapted for young 

 people, resulted so well as to lead to its repetition, and 

 two very successful lectures, for which the best thanks of the 

 Society are due, were delivered as follows : — 



Dec. 29.— Mr. Alex. Meek, M.Sc. : "The Story of the Crab." 



Jan. 6. — Mr. Hugh Richardson, M.A. : "'Butterflies," with limehght 

 projections of the natural insects. 



The series of " museum talks " given by the curator on one 

 evening a month during the winter were also continued, and 

 the attendances were considerably larger, averaging about 50. 

 The majority of the visitors, however, appear to come in order 

 to listen to what may be said ; the opportunity of seeing the 

 museum in the evening does not yet appear to be particularly 

 valued by any considerable number of the public. 



Since the amalgamation of the Field Club the field meetings 

 have been organized by a committee of the Society, and 

 a series of them has taken place during the summer. A 

 report of these meetings will appear in the Transactions. 

 The average attendance has shown a slight advance on that 

 of recent years, but is still disappointing when considered as a 

 response to the large number of circulars that are issued. 

 The difficulty of making suitable arrangements for the meet- 

 ings is also considerably increased by the uncertainty as to 

 the numbers likely to attend. 



Of the Society's other activities, it may be mentioned that 

 the first part of the new series of Transactions has been 

 issued, and that a portion of the second is already in type. 



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