REPORTS. 191 



Mr. Gr. T. Derrick read a paper on "Jerbourg and its 

 Fortifications," which is printed in the following pages. An 

 interesting discussion followed, in which Miss E. Carey, Rev. 

 Gr. E. Lee and Mr. T. De Guerin took part ; it showed a 

 consensus of opinion that the well-known trenches were thrown 

 up by the ancient Celtic people, and that there never was 

 a real castle on the spot. 



Monthly Meeting held on December 16th, 1903, Mr. A. 

 Collenette, Vice-President, in the chair. 



Dr. W. Duncan, of La Plaiderie, was unanimously 

 elected a member of the Society. 



The Secretary reported the receipt of several books and 

 publications which will be enumerated in the Annual Report. 



A paper on the Ichneumonidaa of Guernsey, and another 

 on the Coccida? of Guernsey, were read by Mr. W. A. Luff. 

 These are printed in the present number of the Transactions. 



Mr. E. D. Marquand contributed a Further List of 

 Additions to the Flora of Alderney, which will be found in 

 the following pages. 



Miss E. Carey exhibited a tracing of an ancient Map 

 of Guernsey, Sark and Herm, made in the reign of Henry 

 VIII. to the order of Lord De Saumarez, the original being 

 among the Cotton MSS. in the British Museum. 



A discussion arising as to the local peculiarities of the 

 patois spoken in various parishes of the island, the members 

 present unanimously agreed that an effort should be made to 

 preserve the pronunciation by means of the phonograph, the 

 records being deposited under seal in safe keeping for a 

 number of years. 



The Secretaries of the various sections next read their 

 respective Reports, as follows : — 



REPORT OF THE BOTANICAL SECTION. 



At Mr. Derrick's particular request I have undertaken 

 to prepare the Annual Report of the Botanical Section, 

 and to act for the time being as its Honorary Secretary, an 

 office which Mr. Derrick has most ably filled for many 

 years past. And I do this most willingly, firstly, because 

 I am always glad to assist in whatever way I can in advancing 

 the work of the Society, and secondly, because the past 

 year has been every whit as successful as its precursors, 

 and as productive of good results. 



