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The excursions of the Society during the past year have 

 been as follows, viz. : — 



The Ladies' Field Meeting was held on Friday, June 

 15th, at Sevenoaks, and was well attended. Knole Park 

 and the interesting mansion were visited, and after luncheon 

 drives were taken in the neighbourhood. 



The Annual Dinner took place at the " Falcon" Hotel, 

 Gr.avesend, on July 14th. The attendance of members was 

 not large, and the Council hope that on the next occasion 

 there will be a better meet of old friends. 



The Cryptogamic Field Meeting was held at Orpington 

 and at St. Paul's Cray Common on October 13th. Dr. M. C. 

 Cooke attended as expert. Fifty-six species of "Fungi" 

 were collected, a list of which will be published with the 

 transactions. 



A special Field Meeting was held on November 3rd by 

 invitation, and under the direction of Mr. A. D. Webster, 

 F.R.S.E., when fifty-five members and their friends visited 

 Greenwich Park, and inspected the barrows in the park and 

 the underground passages. The visit was most interesting 

 and the particulars communicated to the Society both at the 

 Field Meeting and at the subsequent ordinary meetings by 

 Mr. Webster, Mr. Herbert Jones, Mr. H. S. Saunders, and 

 others relating to these underground passages were much 

 appreciated by the members. 



The Accounts will be duly audited and printed with the 

 transactions. 



As it was found in practice to be inconvenient to hold 

 the ordinary meeting of the Society in December on the 

 third Wednesday in the month, Rule No. 14 was altered at 

 the Annual Meeting, and the second Wednesday in Decem- 

 ber was substituted for the third Wednesday. 



Mr. Henry Hainworth having expressed a desire to 

 retire from the post of Honorary Secretary, which he was 

 good enough to accept temporarily, Mr. W. B. Billinghurst, 

 B.A., has been elected in his place as Honorary Secretary, 

 to assist Mr. Stanley Edwards. 



