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read a paper entitled "Introduction to Mr. F. C. Lukis' 

 Archaeological Papers in the Lukis Museum," which will be 

 published in the series of the Transcripts of the Lukis MSS. 

 At the March meeting, Mr. Collenette read a paper, " The 

 Puzzle of the Caves," which will be found in this year's 

 Transactions. An account of the visit to Jersey will also 

 be found in the Transactions. The October meeting was 

 taken up by the concluding paper of " The Church Plate 

 of the Guernsey Deanery," by Mr. S. C. Curtis, and the 

 November meeting by the first part of the Geological History 

 of the Pleistocine Period in Guernsey, both of which papers 

 are printed in the Transactions. 



MEMBERSHIP. 



The membership this year is 108 as against 98 last year. 



The only loss by death this year has been that of Mr. 

 J. S. Hocart, of Les Mielles, Vale. He had not been an 

 active member for some years past, but his knowledge of 

 the island, its customs and language was great, and he was 

 always ready to place it at the disposal of any enquirer. 



The Council has to express regret at the resignation of 

 Mr. E. D. Marquand, a Vice-President of the Society and 

 talented author of the " Flora of Guernsey," a work which 

 is and will always remain a text book on the plants of the 

 Bailiwick. He was a very early member (1888), and was 

 President in 1894-1895. 



As in former years, the Council has to tender its thanks 

 to the Management of the Guille-Alles Library for the 

 continued interest in the work of the Society, and the 

 material help in the form of the use of a loom for the 

 meetings and the use of the Electric Lantern attached. 



The following additions have been made to the Society's 

 Library by exchange : — 



From La Societe Jersiaise, Jersey : — 



Quarante-et-Unieme Bulletin Annuel, 1916. 



Actes des Etats de Tile de Jersey, Juillet 1795-Decembre 

 1798. 

 From the Torquay Natural History Society : — 



Journal of the Society for 1916. 

 From the Queensland Museum, Brisbane : — 



Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Vol. 5, 1916. 

 From the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, U.S.A. : — 



Annual Report for 1914 and 1915 (two vols). 



Annual Report of the United States National Museum, 

 1915. 



