FOLKESTONE 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 



PROCEEDINGS 

 TWENTY-SECOND SESSION, 1890. 



February lltli, 1890. 

 ANNUAL MEETING. 



The Annual Meeting took place in the Museum Lecture Hall, 

 the President in the cbair. Only twenty-one members were 

 present. 



The Secretary read the Balance Sheet for 1889, which showed a 

 sum in hand of £15 Is. 4d. After which he read the following 

 report : — 



"The number of members at present is ninety. During the 

 past year there have been six evening meetings, one (i which, that 

 in December, took the form of a conversazione, and was well 

 attended. At the October meeting there was an interesting exhibi- 

 tion of wild autumn fruits, but the weather was so tempestuous 

 that few of the members ventured out. One field day was held in 

 June — a ramble for orcliids on Castle Hill. Not half a dozen 

 members came. The afternoon, however proved very enjoyable, 

 and a fair number of orchids were found, including many speci- 



