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our granite rocks here ; but it is hoped that some of our 

 members will repeat the experiments in other localities, and 

 under varied conditions, so as to confirm the above conclusion. 

 During some boating excursions in the summer, I discovered 

 that the Opelet Anemone {Anemone sulcata) occurs in great 

 numbers in the town harbour just below low tide mark 

 near Castle Cornet. This zoophyte generally attaches itself 

 to the under surface of an overhanging rock, or to some 

 broad weed, but at this spot there are literally thousands 

 of them to be seen clinging to the strands of the long 

 green marine plant Zostera marina, and as the leaves are 

 only about a quarter of an inch broad, the animal has to 

 bend its foot right round them to get a sufficiently secure 

 hold. 



A very promising field of research offers itself in the 

 study of those marine gastropods (Top-shells and others) 

 which live at or above ordinary high-water mark ; very 

 little is known as to the conditions under which they can 

 exist, how much exposure or immersion they can or cannot 

 bear, and many other interesting points in their life histories. 

 I hope that during the year some member or members 

 will take the matter up, so that our next year's report 

 may answer some of the questions suggested in this one. 



R. C. Mabbs, Sec. Mar. Zoo. Sect. 



The Pvecident sa ^ that as he would unfortunately be 

 sssable to attend the Annual Meeting next month, he 

 would take the opportunity now of reading his valedictory 

 Address as official head of the Society, and of thanking 

 the members of the Council for the cordial support they 

 had given him during his two years of office. Dr. Aikman 

 then read his Address, which is printed in the following pages. 



Mr. A. Collenette, on behalf of the members, very 

 warmly thanked Dr. Aikman for the zealous manner in 

 which he had forwarded the interests of the Society during 

 his tenure of office, and the increase of membership which 

 he had brought about. The members were unanimous in 

 their regret that the rules prevented an extension of Dr. 

 Aikman's term as President, but he would always hold an 

 important position as Vice-President. 



The Hon. Secretary read a letter from the Rev. I. H. 

 Bibby, Rector of St. Saviour's, describing a cist recently 

 discovered in the churchyard of that parish. The small 



