The lecture was supplemented by remarks from the Rev. W. Hall, 

 Mr. Blandford, and Mr. Walton. A warm vote of thanks was 

 accorded on the motion of the chairman, Dr. T. Eastes. 



Mabch 12th, 1889. 

 ANNUAL MEETING. 



The President, Dr. Fitz Gerald, in the chair. The Secretary 

 read his report for 1888, as follows : 



I am glad on this, the twenty-first anniversary of the existence 

 of our Society, to give what I hope will be regarded as a satisfac- 

 tory account of our condition. We closed the year with a roll of 

 99 members, and it will be seen from the Balance Sheet that we 

 have the sum of £16 9s. 6|d. in hand. At the commencement of 

 the year our proceedings were rather irregular, owing to a change 

 in the place of meeting. In March, however, we were able to 

 assemble in the new building, and this meeting proved one of the 

 most successful in our annals. The large room in the Museum 

 was crowded from eight to ten, and the collections and exhibitions 

 of objects proved a source of great attraction and pleasure. Since 

 then four other meetings were held up to the close of the year. 

 All these were weU attended, and on the whole much greater 

 interest has been shown in the objects for which our Society was 

 formed. 



The care of the Museum has, as most of you are aware, passed 

 out of our hands into that of the Committee appointed by the Town 

 Council, on which three of our officers have been placed. It would 

 be idle to disguise the fact that we parted from it with great regret, 

 having originated it and taken charge of it for nearly eighteen years, 

 through many difficulties, and some little opposition. We trust 

 that those who are to share the fruits of our labours will have all 

 possible success in its future management. I am quite sure that 

 we shall one and all be willing still to render any aid in our power. 

 Our last lecture in 1888 was given by Mr. Horsnail, the Secre- 

 tary of the Dover Field Club, and the first in 1889 by Mr. G. 

 Haydon, a member of the same society. This we hope is an 

 earnest of a future union of interests between the two societies. 

 The list of other clubs and societies with which we are in corres- 

 pondence remains the same as in my last Report. 



