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taries. Ten indoor meetings have been held during the year 

 with a fair average attendance. The excursions have also 

 been continued, but various circumstances combined to make 

 the attendance at them less numerous than last year. Many 

 visitors availed themselves of these opportunities of visiting 

 distant parts of the islands. Of these outdoor meetings 

 twenty were held, the most important being that to the neigh- 

 bouring Island of Sark. 



The following papers have been read, viz. : — 



On "Cup Markings," by Mr. G. Derrick. 



" Flora of Sark," by Mr. G. Derrick. 



" Additional Land and Fresh Water Shells of Guernsey," 



by Mr. E. D. Marquand. 

 " The Orthoptera of Guernsey," by Mr. W. A. Luff. 

 "The Saw Flies of Guernsey," by Mr. W. A. Luff. 

 "The Sunshine of 1896," by Mr. A. Collenette. 

 " The Rainfall of 1896," by Mr. A. Collenette. 



While it is pleasing to record the addition of twelve 

 names to the list of members, now standing at 103, it is with 

 deep regret the Council records the loss by death of Mr. Z. 

 Robert, Sir Edgar MacCulloch and Mr. Thomas Gruille. 

 Each of these gentlemen was a staunch supporter of the 

 Society from its foundation. Mr. Robert frequently contri- 

 buted information on the geology of the island, and also 

 supplied the Society and the Museum with carefully prepared 

 specimens of the various rocks of the group, with specimens 

 of similar rocks from other parts of the world. More will not 

 be said of the scientific work of these gentlemen here, as short 

 obituary notices will be printed in the next number of the 

 Transactions of the Society. 



The following works have been received during the year, 

 and to the donors of these the Council expresses its sincere 

 thanks. 



Proceedings of Boston Society of Natural History, Vol. XXVI. 

 Proceedings of Natural Science Society of Philadelphia, Vol. of 



1895 ; also Part III., October to December. 

 Various papers on the Geology of the Channel Islands by the 



Rev. E. Hill, presented in a bound volume by Mr. J. 



Whitehead. 

 Introduction to the Study of Rocks ; Guide to British Mycetozoa. 



British Museum. 

 Notes on the Reptiles, Amphibia and Fish of the Bristol District, 



by the Mr. H. J. Charbonnier. 

 The Anatomy and Histology of Caveina Arenata, Gould, by 



Mr, J. H. Gerould, from Boston Society. 



