MEETINGS. 353 



by Mr. W. A. Luff; "On some Guernsey Caves," by Mr. 

 Cecil R. P. Andrews, M.A. 



The Hon. Secretary (Mr. W. Sharp) then read the 

 following report of the Council : — 



SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SOCIETY. 



Ladies axd Gentlemen, 



Generally speaking the past year has been an uneventful 

 one in the history of the Society. The chief feature of the 

 year is the splendid and successful work of collecting carried 

 on in Alderney by your ex-President, Mr. E. D. Marquand, 

 who, taking advantage of a lengthened stay in that island, 

 has thoroughly worked that hitherto almost neglected part of 

 the bailiwick. The results of his labours are given in detail 

 in his paper on " The Flora of Alderney," and in the report 

 of the Entomological Secretary. 



Eleven meetings have been held during the year, with a 

 rather small attendance of members. 



But three excursions have been made, viz. : To Alderney, 

 Bon Repos, and to Richmond. 



Four additions have been made to the list of members, 

 which now stands at 93. 



The heavy drain on the finances of the Society made by 

 the publication of the Transactions year by year, makes it 

 necessary that the number of members should keep up if this 

 important record of the Society's work is to be continued. 



The following publications have been received during the 

 year, and the Council takes this opportunity of thanking the 

 learned societies furnishing them : — 



a. The Forestry Conditions of Northern Wisconsin. 



b. On the Instincts and Habits of Solitary Wasps. 



c. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Phila- 



delphia, 1898, Parts II. and III. 



d. Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1896. 



e. The Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Science, 



Arts and Letters, Vol. XI. 

 f. Principal Poisonous Plants of U.S.A., by V. K. Chesnut. 

 y. Proceedings of Academy of Natural Science, Philadelphia, 



1899, Parti. 

 h. Some Hydroids from Puget Sound. 

 k. Moniloporidse, a new family of Paleozoic Corals. 

 I. Studies in the Gold Bearing Slates of Nova Scotia. 

 m. North American Wood Frogs. 

 n. Proceedings of the Holmesdale Natural History Club, 



1896-98, 



