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Monthly Meetini/ held on January 23rd, 1907, Mr. F, L. 

 Tanner, L.D.S., in the chair. 



Mr. W. S. liock and Mr. Joseph Sinel were unanimously 

 elected members of the Society. 



Ml-. A. (^ollenette read his Annual Reports on the Rain- 

 fall and Sunshine of Guernsey for the year 1 90() (])u})lished in 

 these pages) illustrating his remarks by means of a series of 

 tables and diagrams thrown on the screen by the Electric 

 Lantern. In his opening remarks Mr. Collenette explained 

 the cause of the present outburst of intensely cold weather 

 which had so suddenly manifested itself here as well as 

 elsewhere. An interesting addition to the usual record was a 

 series of statistics compiled by Mr. B. Rowswell, shoAving the 

 rainfall in the other islands within our area. 



Report of the Council. 



The Council is pleased to be able to report another year 

 of good work and prosperity, as will be seen by the Transac- 

 tions shortly to be published. The roll of members has been 

 fairly well maintained, nothwithstanding the increased sub- 

 scription, and the finances are in a very satisfactory condition. 



The general interest taken in the Society is as great as 

 ever, and although unremitting work has been carried on 

 within our limited area for so many yeais, fresh subjects 

 coimected with our OAvn district have been found to occupy the 

 attention of members at most of the indoor meetings, which 

 have been well attended. 



The necessity for regular instruction in Science is being 

 more and more strongly urged upon the public from official 

 quarters. We hope that further steps will be taken to give 

 practical effect to this movement, and that this Society may be 

 recognised as one of the active agents in forwarding it. 



The very best thanks of the members must be awarded to 

 Mr. Joseph Sinel, of Jersey, for his excellent and valuable 

 paper on the Crustaceans of the Channel Islands. The 

 years he has devoted to the study of marine life, and his 

 thorough mastery of the subject, have enabled him to give 

 such interesting particulars of these creatures and to compile 

 so extensive a classified list, that his paper will always be 

 useful for reference, and of the greatest value to students both 

 in the islands and in the neighbouring countries. 



The Soiree held on February 6th was a great success ; 

 it was the means of drawing attention to the work being done 



