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entertainment, was the means of increasing the funds of 

 the Society by something over five pounds. 



The various sections of the Society have continued their 

 good work, as will be seen from the Reports. Special mention 

 must be made of Marine Zoology, for this branch of science 

 should have a particular interest for Guernsey students, who 

 have greater facilties for prosecuting their researches than 

 almost any other station affords : and there is a practical 

 certainty that Guernsey enthusiasts in this branch of study 

 will discover species and even genera unknown hitherto in the 

 British area, perhaps even entirely new to science. 



The attendance at indoor meetings, and the number 

 of members on the roll, are as large as at any period in 

 the Society's history. As regards the summer excursions, the 

 difficulty of finding entirely new districts to explore, seems 

 to render it undesirable that a fixed programme should be 

 drawn up, as has been done hitherto. 



The Council regret to have to record that the funds 

 are again insufficient to meet the expenses : they have found 

 themselves therefore under the necessity of advising that 

 the annual subscription should be increased to 7/6, and an 

 appeal to the present members has resulted in the proposal 

 being supported by a large majority. 



The Society has to regret the removal from the island 

 of two valuable, because active, members, Mr. J. B. Nicholls 

 and Mr. G. Dalgliesh, and in the death of Miss Le Lievre 

 loses one of its oldest members. 



The Council, on behalf of the members, must again 

 gratefully record their obligations to the Directors of the 

 Guille-Alles Library, for the use of Rooms and the Electric 

 Lantern, as well as for numerous other facilities which have 

 always been readily and cordially granted. 



The following books and publications have been received 

 by the Society during the year, in return for which copies 

 of our Transactions have been sent : — 



Annual Report of United States National Museum for 1902. 

 Bulletins of Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (from 

 the Commissioners) : — 



IX. Lead and Zinc deposits of Wisconsin. 

 X. Highway Construction in Wisconsin. 

 XL Soils of North Wisconsin 



XII. Plankton of Lake Winnebago and Green Lake. 

 XIII. The Baraboo Iron-bearing District. 

 Transactions of Wisconsin Academy (Madison, Wisconsin), Vol. 

 XIII., Part 2 (1901) and Vol. XIV. Part 2 (1902). 



