TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Monthly Meeting held on January 22nd, 1903, Mr. W. Sharp, 

 Vice-President, in the chair. 



Mr. Gr. Derrick exhibited and made remarks upon some 

 pebbles, flints and fragments of local rock, which were found 

 in the sand, above head and below clay, . at the northern 

 end of the upper pit of the Vrangue Brickfield. 



Mr. E. Charles Ozanne, C.S.I., reported that the old 

 monastery adjoining the Vale Church had been sold by 

 Mr. Domaille to Canon Bell, Rector of the Vale, and as 

 it might be pulled down before long, antiquarian members 

 and all who were interested in old buildings should arrange 

 to visit it without loss of time. Arrangements for a visit 

 to this interesting and ancient structure were left in Mr. 

 Ozanne's hands. Mr. Derrick suggested that the lobster 

 hatcheries at Grrand Havre might be inspected at the same 

 time ; but Mr. Hocart said there was nothing to be seen 

 at this season. The plague of Octopi from which the fishing 

 areas in this neighbourhood had suffered for two years had 

 now passed away, and Mr. Ozanne thought this was probably 

 owing to a return of abundant food in the waters previously 

 frequented by these voracious creatures, just as a plague of 

 rats occurred in certain districts in India some years, and then 

 suddenly disappeared owing to the failure of the crops. 



Mr. Cecil P. Hurst's paper on the Flora of the Island 

 of Brechou (printed in the Transactions for 1902, p. 163) 

 was read by Mr. Derrick. 



Mr. A. Collenette then gave his annual resume of the 

 Rainfall and Sunshine in Guernsey for the past year, an 

 exceedingly valuable contribution to our knowledge of the 

 meteorology of this area. These papers (illustrated by 

 elaborate tables and diagrams) could obviously not be compiled 

 until the year was completed, but they are printed in the 

 Transactions for 1902. 



