10 MEETINGS, . 



read. Ten indoor meetings have been held, and the average 

 attendance for the year has been fairly good. Twenty-two 

 excursions were arranged, but the weather interfered with 

 the carrying out of two of them. The most largely 

 attended one was that to the adjacent islet of Lihou. 

 Much useful work has been done at these gatherings, and 

 the Reports of the Sectional Secretaries on the result of 

 the researches afforded, with the discussion thereon, . abun- 

 dant material for the monthly indoor meetings. Finan- 

 cially, also, these excursions proved a success, a balance of 

 £4 7s. being handed over to the Treasurer. Slowly but 

 surely the Natural History of the island, or rather the baili- 

 wick, is being worked up, and the results of the investigations 

 recorded in the Society's Transactions. And here the Council 

 cannot but record its regret at the great loss the Society has 

 sustained by the removal from the island of its late President, 

 Mr. E. D. Marquand, to whom, perhaps, more than any one 

 else, the Society owes its present flourishing condition. 

 Coming to the island at a time when interest in the Society's 

 work was at a very low ebb, when, in fact, it existed in little 

 more than in name, Mr. Marquand, by his example and 

 encouragement, infused new life into it. To his industry and . 

 research, as well as to the depth and breadth of his scientific 

 knowledge, his many original papers printed in the Transac- 

 tions of this Society bear ample witness. It is much to be 

 desired that Mr. Marquand's zeal for everything connected 

 with Natural Science may stimulate many members to follow 

 in his steps. And in this connection it will not be out of 

 place to remind members, especially those of ample leisure, 

 what the late President urged in his farewell address a year 

 ago, viz., that the whole field of Marine Zoology, as far as the 

 Society is concerned, is practically untouched. 



" During the year we have had an increase of 12 members, 

 and at last the Society numbers over 100. It is pleasing also 

 to remark that the finances of the Society are in a flourishing 

 state, there being a balance in hand of over £7." 



W. Sharp, Hon. Sec. 



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

 ment of the receipts and expenditure of the past year, which 

 shows a balance in hand of £7 15s. 5Jd. 



