322 meeting?;. 



and have both scientifically and financially proved a great 

 success. An account of the work done at these excursions, 

 and the discussion thereon formed not the least interest ing 

 part of the business of several indoor meetings. A resume of* 

 the results will be supplied you in the reports of the sectional 

 secretaries. Besides exploring various distant parts of the: 

 island, another visit Avas paid to the neighbouring islet of 

 Jethou, and it proved the most popular excursion of the season. 

 Evidence is not wanting that the work of the Society is 

 becoming, through the medium of its printed Transactions 

 each year, more widely known. Tt is gratifying to find from 

 the Treasurer's Report, about to be read to you, that the 

 finances of the Society are in a more flourishing state than in 

 previous years, there being at present a balance in hand of 

 £7 17s. 3^d. The Council acknowledges with many thanks 

 the gift of a valuable set of 100 slides of the Palates of 

 Mollusca from Professor Gwatkin, of Cambridge, and also of 

 a most interesting paper on " The Spiders of the Channel 

 Islands," by the Rev. F. O. Pickard-Cambridge. The best 

 thanks of the Council are also returned to the donors of the 

 following works duly received : — 



Report and Transactions of the Penzance Natural His- 

 tory and Antiquarian Society, 1893-94. (From the Society). 

 Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1892. (From 

 the Institution). 



Report of the United States National Museum, 1891-92. 

 (From the Museum). 



"The Council desire again to tender their sincere and 

 hearty thanks to Messrs. Guille and Alles for the free use of 

 a room in which to hold the meetings of the Society. And in 

 conclusion the hope is expressed that during the ensuing year 

 the number of working members may be materially increased, 

 so as to enlarge the sphere of the Society's work." 



W. SHAiiP, Hon. Sec. 



The Hon. Treasurer (Mr. W. A. Luff) then read a state- 

 ment showing in detail the receipts and expenditure for the 

 year, leaving a balance in hand of £7 17s. 3Jd. 



After the reading of the Sectional Reports which are 

 given below, the address of the retiring President followed, at 

 the close of which Mr. A. Collenette was unanimously elected 

 President of the Society for the ensuing year, with the Coun- 

 cil consisting of Mr. W. Sharp, Hon. Sec, Mr. W. A. Luff, 

 Hon. Treasurer, and as Committee, Messrs. J. Le M. 

 Bougourd, J. J. Carey, C. De La Mare, G. Derrick, J. L. 

 Pitts and T. C. Royle. 



