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The winter meetings were held with their usual regularity, 

 and interesting papers on u Social Life in Guernsey in the 16th 

 Century," by Miss E. F. Carey, and one on " The Early 

 History of Elizabeth College," by Mr. W. Rolleston, were 

 read. A very well-attended meeting took place at Castle 

 Cornet in October. 



During the year the Council has had to bring the question 

 of the increase of the Annual Subscription before the membeis, 

 and the resolution agreeing to this was passed on January 29th. 

 As far as can be at present seen, there has been no appreciable 

 loss of members in consequence. The Council, however, 

 points out that the increase of subscriptions is in no way pro- 

 portionate to the increase in the cost of printing the Trans- 

 actions, and it will be necessary to reduce the latter as much 

 as possible, by rationing contributors and eliminating all 

 superfluous matter, without interfering with the general inte- 

 rest. 



MEMBERSHIP. 



There are 93 members of the Society, as against 98 last 

 year. 



The Council again wishes to thank the management of 

 the Gruille-Alles Library, on behalf of the members, for their 

 continued interest in the affairs of the Society, for the loan of 

 the room for meetings and the use of the lantern, and in par- 

 ticular, desires to convey its sympathy to the management in 

 the loss which it has sustained by the death of its Managing 

 Director, Capt. H. M. Carre, K!N. 



LIBRARY. 



The Society's Library has received the following addi- 

 tions by exchange and otherwise : — 



From the Societe Jersiaise, Jersey :— 

 Quarante-cinquieme Bulletin, 1919. 

 Cartulaire de Jersey, Guernesey, et les autres lies Nor- 



mandes. Recueil de Documents concernant l'histoire de 



ces lies. Fascicules 2e et 3e. 1919-20. 



From the British Museum (Natural Bistort/) : — 

 Economic Series. Illustrated Pamphlets : 



No. 9. — Birds Beneficial to Agriculture, by F. W. 



Frohawk. 1919. 

 No. 10. — Marine Boring Animals injurious to Submerged 

 Structures, by W. T. Caiman. 1919. 



From the Torquay Natural History Society : — 

 Journal of the Society, Vol. II., No. 6. 1920. 



