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its similarity to the two previously found, one in Guernsey and 

 the other in Herm. 



Mr. A. Collenette then read his paper on the Rainfall 

 and Sunshine of 1917. In addition to the usual details he 

 gave a popularly treated comparison of the winter of 1917 

 with previous cold winters, by which it was clearly shown 

 that the years 1880, 1892 and 1895 were the only ones of 

 recent years ranking Avith it as regards severity. This paper 

 will be found in the present volume. 



Report of the Council, 1917, 



In consequence of the continuation of the war, the acti- 

 vities of the Society have again been perforce curtailed 

 during the past year. The discouragement by the Govern- 

 ment of travel and needless expenditure of any kind was 

 responsible for the abandonment by the Societe Jersiaise of 

 a second visit to Guernsey. It had been tentatively proposed 

 during our visit to Jersey in 1916, but it was thought advis- 

 able to defer the visit to more settled times. For the same 

 reason hardly any excursions of the Society in the Island 

 were held, the sole exception being one made to Herm on 

 July 7th. Owing probably to a dense fog and despite its 

 being a good shrimping tide, the excursion was a failure finan- 

 cially, as sufficient members did not take part in it to pay the 

 expenses, thereby causing a loss to fall on the Society's funds. 



The winter meetings, however, were held with regularity 

 and interesting papers were read, showing that though the 

 outward and visible work of the Society lay almost dormant, 

 there was an undercurrent of serious work always going on. 

 Mr. Collenette has concluded his monumental paper on the 

 Geological History of the Pleistocene Period in Guernsey. 

 Miss Edith F. Carey read a paper on the Bailleul family of 

 Guernsey entitled "A Forgotten Episode," and Mr. S. C. 

 Curtis a paper on " Local Marks on Plate in the Channel 

 Islands," both of which will be produced in the Transactions. 



The Council welcomes the decision of the Society to elect 

 eminent persons connected with the work of the Society as 

 Honorary Members, and feel that an opportunity is now pre- 

 sented to express in tangible form the appreciation of the 

 Society for their work. 



The Council regrets exceedingly the delay in the publi- 

 cation of last year's Transactions. The difficulties of labour 

 and paper are entirely responsible for the delay, and they 

 crave the indulgence of members. 



