MEETINGS. 257 



Monthly Meeting held on November 8th, 1893, Mr. G. Derrick 



in the chair. 



The minutes of the previous meeting having been read 

 and signed, Mr. John S. Hocart, of Les Mielles, Yale, was 

 unanimously elected a member of the Society. Mr. Luff 

 exhibited some interesting insects lately taken in the island, 

 including a moth (Eubolia cervinaria) new to Guernsey. 

 Mr. Collenette read the second part of his paper on the 

 " Droughts in Guernsey during the last 50 years." Mr. J. J. 

 Carey contributed a short paper detailing excavations he had 

 made at La Chapelle Dorn Hue, where he disinterred a 

 quantity of bones and fragments, specimens of which were 

 exhibited. 



Eleventh A nnual Meeting of the Society held on December 20th, 

 1893, Mr. E. D. Marquand, President, in the chair. 



After passing the minutes of the previous meeting, the 

 Hon. Secretary read the Report of the Council as follows : — 

 <; The Council has much pleasure in recording the satisfactory 

 character of the work done by the Society during its eleventh 

 year. Indoor meetings have been held regularly every month 

 (except August) and the attendance has been fairly good. 

 Many interesting papers have been read at these meetings, 

 the most important of which will be printed in extenso in 

 these pages. The weekly excursions during the summer 

 months were, as a rule, well attended, and good work was 

 done, as will be seen by the sectional reports presently to be 

 read. The more important of these excursions were those to 

 Creux Mahie, to Pleinmont, to l'Eree, and to some of the islets 

 on the Yale Coast. It is difficult to overestimate the value of 

 thus systematically exploring the island, and carefully record- 

 ing the result of the researches then made. 



During the year we have had an accession of nineteen 

 new members, and the roll now stands at 89, being the highest 

 number ever registered since the foundation of the Society. 



A change in the Society's year, so as to commence Jan- 

 uary 1st instead of November 1st, has been made chiefly for two 

 reasons : — 1st, That the Transactions as published might bear 

 the date of one year only, and — 2nd, In order to include the 

 whole of the records for the autumnal months. 



The following works have been presented to the Society 

 during the year, and the Council beg to return their best 

 thanks to the donors : — 



