266 MEETINGS. 



OPENING OF THE WINTER SESSION, 1916-17. 



Monthly Meeting held October 18th, 1916, Miss A. L. Mellish, 

 President, in the chair. 



Mr. R. R. Lempriere, Vicomte of Jersey, was elected a 

 member of the Society. 



Mr. A. Collenette read some notes on the occurrence of 

 Rostro-carinate Implements in Guernsey, illustrated by a 

 lantern slide of four such found by Mr. H. J. Morgan in his 

 garden. The speaker considered them to be of Mousterian 

 age. These notes, with a photograph of the implements, will 

 be found iu the Transactions. 



Major S. Carey Curtis read a paper concluding the 

 review of the Church Plate of the Guernsey Deanery. 



Montldy Meeting held November loth, 1916, Miss A. L. Mellish, 

 President, in the chair. 



The Secretary read a letter from Miss Edith F. Carey 

 suggesting that the winter meetings should in future be held 

 in the afternoon, as many members living at a distance were 

 unable to attend in the evening. A discussion took place, 

 and eventually it was decided to bring the question before the 

 general meeting to be held on December 13th. 



The first part of a paper by Mr. A. Collenette on " The 

 Geological History of the Pleistocene period in Guernsey " 

 was read. This was illustrated by lantern slides. The read- 

 ing of the remainder of the paper was postponed to the 

 meeting to be held in February next, when it was hoped time 

 would be found for an adequate discussion of same. 



Thirty-fourth Annual General Meeting of the Society held 

 December 13th, 1916, Miss A. L. Mellish, President, in the 



chair. 



Major J. Rowley, of Belvedere House, and Mr. E. 

 Chepmell Ozanne, Bailiff of Guernsey, were elected members 

 of the Society. 



The report of the Council was read by the Secretary. 



The report of the Antiquarian Section was read by 

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

 Rev. F. E. Lowe. There was no Botanical Report owing to 

 the continued absence at the front of the Secretary of that 

 section, Mr. R. Metman, and the reading of the other reports 

 was postponed. 



