the Balance Sheet, which showed an amount of /'^ los. iid. 

 in favour of the Society. A report of the proceedings of the 

 past year followed, of which we give a summary. 



Eight evening Meetings and three" Field Days had been 

 held. At one of the former a specimen of Deiopeia pulchella, 

 the Crimson Speckled moth, was shown on the setting board, 

 captured by T. H. Briggs, Esq., in the immediate neighbour- 

 hood of Folkestone. 



Papers had been read on the following subjects : 



The Geology of the Locality . H. B. Mackeson, F.G.S. 



On Mammalian Skulls . . . Rev. E. Langdon, F.G.S. 



On Sticklebacks C. E. Fitzgerald, M.D. 



Zand Shells Rev. E. Langdon, F.G.S. 



Tour in Shetland .... Rev. C. L. Acland, M.A. 



Local Rare Plants, read for . Mrs. FitzGerald. 



Natural Selection .... Rev. C. L. Acland, M.A. 



A series of Mammalian Skulls had been presented to the 

 Society, by the Rev E. Langdon. A list of Folkestone Lepi- 

 doptera, by H. G. Knaggs, M.D., F.L.S., had been published 

 by the Society. 



A series of Public Lectures, had been commenced, and a 

 class formed for instruction in Botany. 



C. H. Dashwood, Esq., F.Z.S., then read a paper on the 

 Migration of Birds, prefaced by special remarks on the 

 structure of the wing, and this was followed by a paper on 



Peruvian Antiquities, by the Rev. C. L. Acland, illus- 

 trated by a collection lately brought from an ancient burial 

 ground in Peru. 



Thursday, March 3rd, 

 Conversazione at the Town Hall. The following Paper 

 was read by the Secretary : 



ON PRIMROSES AND THEIR FERTILIZATION. 



A Primrose by the river's brim, 

 A yellow primrose was to him, 



'Twaa that and nothing more. 



I have chosen this quotation simply because it is not all 

 suitable for the object we have in hand, nor to be taken as a 



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