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Month/i/ }ffeti/u/ held on Jannanj 21st^ 1908^ Mr. F. L. 

 Tanner in the chair. 



Mr. Theodore Walter Carev was nnanimously elected a 

 member of the Society. 



The Hon. Secretary read a list of the books and publi- 

 cations received din-ing the year. 



Mr. A. Collenette, F.C.S., read his annual reports on 

 the Rainfall and Sunshine of Guernsey, together with notes 

 on the rainfall of Alderney, Sark and Herm, compiled by 

 Mr. B. Rowswell. These papers (which are printed in the 

 following pages^ were as usual accompanied by a series of 

 tables and diagrams shown on the screen by the Electric 

 Lantern, thus bringing within the easy comprehension of his 

 hearers the mass of figures which the lecturer had to deal 

 with. 



The Chairman announced that the Fifth Annual Soiree 

 of the Society wonld be held in the Lecture Hall on the 11th 

 of February. 



Report of the Council. 



The (,'ouncil congratulates the members on the completion 

 of the twenty-fifth year of the Society's valuable labours. 

 On October 10th, 1882, at a meeting held in the Guille-Alles 

 Library, the Society commenced its career with Sir Edgar 

 MacCuUoch, Lieutenant-Bailiff, as President, and thirty 

 members, of whom it is gratifying to find that fourteen still 

 maintain their connection with the Society. In 1889 the first 

 number of the Transactions was ])ublished, and since that date 

 they have been printed annually. They contain most valuable 

 information connected with almost all branches of natural 

 science, and since 1889, when the scope of the Society's work 

 was enlarged, very important papers have appeared on the 

 Folk-lore, language, archaeology and history of the Baili- 

 wick. 



The expense of printing the Transactions of late years 

 necessitated in 1905 an increase in the annual subscription, 

 which is now fixed at 7s. 6d., and the Council is pleased to 

 report that although the Transactions for last year are bulkier 

 than any preceding ones, the Treasurer has a net balance in 

 hand of £20 9s. lid. The number of members, too, has been 

 fairly well maintained, although we are sorry to record that 

 death has removed four from our roll this year, and two of oui- 

 active junior workers have left the island. 



