94 REPORTS. 



Mr. Adolphus Collenette read his annual paper on the 

 weather of 1919. The two papers above mentioned form 

 part of these Transactions. 



A paper by the Rev. R. H. Tourtel on some further 

 words peculiar to our dialect was taken as read and passed 

 around, and will appear in the Transactions for 1919. 



Report of the Council for the Year 1918. 



After 52 months of war, the end is now in sight, and the 

 activities of the Society, which were perforce dormant during 

 that anxious time, now r will shortly be revived and the time 

 lost able to be made good. The promised second visit of the 

 Societe Jersiaise, which had to be put off owing to the general 

 discouragement of travel during the war, will, it is hoped, now 

 materialise. The summer excursions will be again resumed 

 on the advent of easier conditions of getting about and 

 obtaining food. 



The winter meetings were held with their usual regularity, 

 those of October and November, however, having to be post- 

 poned owing to the Ordinance of the Royal Court prohibiting 

 public meetings during the influenza epidemic. It was 

 unfortunate, as an extremely interesting evening had been 

 arranged, amongst the topics to be discussed being a series of 

 markings on one of the capstones of Dehus ; the pleasure is 

 only deferred, as the first meeting of the New Year will be 

 devoted to the subjects intended for the November meeting, 

 as well as the annual weather report. 



An excursion was held this year on July 4th, the venue 

 being Jerbourg, but, probably owing to the restrictions in 

 obtaining carriages and the difficulty for those living at a 

 distance to obtain tea, very few members attended, and there 

 was a slight loss to the funds of the Society, and it was 

 decided that no more summer excursions be held this year. 



OBITUARY. 



The Society has again suffered severely through death, 

 no fewer than three members of the Council having passed 

 away. Mr. E. D. Marquand, whom only last year we had 

 the honour of electing as one of our first Honorary Members, 

 was our best known worker in all branches of Natural Science, 

 and his work on the Flora of Guernsey is and is likely to remain 

 the standard work on the subject. Dr. A I km an, of whom we 

 saw far too little, will be remembered for his lectures on 

 " Some Aspects of Life " and kindred subjects, showing deep 



