1915.] MEETINGS. 187 



Thirty-third Annual Meeting of the Society held on Wednesday , 

 December 8th, 1915, Miss A. L. Mellish in the chair. 



Mr. W. Vaudin, of " Zeeland," Vale, was elected a mem- 

 ber of this Society. 



The report of the Antiquarian Section was read by 

 Major S. C. Curtis ; that of the Entomological Section by 

 Mr. F. L. Tanner, in the absence of the Rev. F. E. Lowe ; 

 the report of the Geological Section, prepared by Mr. A. 

 Collenette, and that of the Ornithological Section, written by 

 Mr. B. T. Rowswell, were read by Mr. C. G. de la Mare. No 

 reports from the Botanical and Marine Zoology Sections had 

 been received. Mr. Pitts' report of the Folklore Section had 

 not been completed but will appear in the Transactions. 



The report of the Council was read by the Secretary, and 

 the Secretary read his own report. 



The elections then took place. Both the Secretary 

 (Major S. Carey Curtis) and the Treasurer (Mr. C. G. de la 

 Mare) were re-elected, as were also all the members of the 

 Council, viz. : Messrs. J. L. Pitts and B. T. Rowswell, the 

 Rev. F. E. Lowe, Mr. R. Metman, Miss C. M. de Guerin and 

 Mr. D. B. Cromartie. 



Monthly Meeting held on Wednesday, January 27th, 1916, 

 Miss A. L. Mellish in the chair. 



Mrs. Cecil Palmer, 40, Hauteville, was elected a member 

 of the Society. 



A paper containing a list of words in the Guernsey dia- 

 lect compiled by the Rev. R. H. Tourtel and not found in 

 Metivier's Dictionary was introduced by the Secretary and is 

 printed in these Transactions. 



Various objects found in the peat at Vazon were exhi- 

 bited. 



Mr. A. Collenette read his paper on the Sunshine and 

 Rainfall in Guernsey and the other islands of the bailiwick 

 during 1915. This was, as on previous occasions, illustrated 

 by slides in the electrical lantern. 



