228. Anniversai'y Address. 



It was also agreed, that the Tyneside Naturalists' Club be 

 requested to unite with this Club in holding the meeting at 

 Alnwick. 



Mr. Sanderson exhibited some fossils out of the mountain 

 limestone of the district ; one of them was Gyracanthus 6b- 

 liquus — a iish spine, from the shale of Scremerston. 



The day being cold and stormy no out-door exploration was 

 attempted. A part of the members crossed the river to Spit- 

 tal, to examine an interesting collection of mountain Lime- 

 stone fossils, from the beds south of the Tweed, belonging to 

 Mr. James Patterson. Besides many of the commoner ferns, 

 there were large s^ecivcLeTiBoi Actinoceras giganteus and Pinna 

 Jlexicostata ; and of the rare Orthoceras cornu-vaccinum. 



After dinner Mr. Tate read a paper on bronze weapons 

 found in Northumberland. 



The gentlemen nominated at the last meeting were elected 

 members ; and the Rev. Wm. Darnell proposed for member- 

 ship the Rev. Edward A. Wilkinson of Bambro, and Mr. 

 Tate proposed Dr. Robert Clay." 



It has occurred to me that it is desirable to keep the mem- 

 bers of the Club generally informed of its financial and 

 numerical strength, and that the President's annual address 

 may afford a convenient medium for such communication. 



As the minutes of this meeting mention that the accounts 

 for the two previous years were examined and passed at it, I 

 give the following abstract of the revenue and expenditure of 

 the club at that date ; — 



Licome. 



£. s. d. 



Subscriptions received for the years 1858 and 1869 ... 52 4 1 



Expejiditure. 



£. s. d. 

 Balance due Secretary, Oct. 27th, 1858 ... 10 5 



Printing Transactions, Circulars, Postages, 



&c., for two years ... ... 47 5 47 15 5 



Balance in Secretary's hands, 10th Oct., 1860, £4 8 8 



