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(Karmal's fltport 



for tljt fear enoing %t]pt. mb, 1912. 



rpHE Council, in submitting their Ninth Annual Report have much 

 pleasure in stating that the past year has been one of increased 

 activity and prosperity. It has been a record year in increase of 

 membership, the numbers having risen from 317 to 418, a net in- 

 crease of 101. 



During the year meetings have been held as follows : — 



Conversazione with Presidential Address. 



10 General Lectures. 



29 Sectional Lectures. 



9 General Excursions. 



22 Sectional Excursions, and 



2 Special General Meetings, making a total of 73 



meetings, as compared with 76 held in the previous year, the differ- 

 ence of 3 being due to a decrease in the Sectional Lectures. The 

 General Lectures were as follows : — 

 1911. 



Nov. 25th.—" A Romance of Plant Life," by Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G. 



Dec. 9th. — "Volcanoes, Craters, and Explosions," by Dr. Tempest 

 Anderson, M.D., D.Sc, F.L.S., F.G.S., etc. 

 1912. 



Jan. 13th. — "The Progress of the Panama Canal," by Dr. Vaughan 

 Cornish, D.Sc, F.R.G.S. 



Jan. 27th.— "On the History of Botany," by Mr. J. F. Rayner, F.R.H.S. 



Feb. 10th.—" Snap-Shots from Umbria to the North Cape," by Dr. F. W. 

 Giles, M.B. 



Feb. 24th. — "Some of the Natural Wonders of the United States of 

 America," by Mr. Claude Lyon. 



March 9th. — "The Plants of the New Forest and Surrounding District," 

 by the Rev. J. E. Kelsall (Rector of Milton). 



March 23rd. — "Ecology, or the latest phase of Plant Geography," by the 

 Rev. Prof. George Henslow, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. 



April 13th. — "The Island of Jersey from a Natural Science Point of 

 View," by Dr. G. E. J. Crallan, M.A., M.B., M.R.C.S. 



April 27th. — "The Dominion of New Zealand, Geographically, Physically 

 and Generally Described," by Mr. G. de Castro, M.R.C.S. 



All of them, with one exception, were illustrated with Lantern Slides. 



The General Excursions were : — 

 1911. 



Oct. 4th. — Breamore and Downton, conducted by Mr. J. M. French. 

 1912 



May 29th. — Cheddar Cliffs and Caves, conducted by Mr. R. V. Sherring 

 and Mr. Le Jeune. 



June 5th. — The New Forest and Somerley Park, conducted by Mr. George 

 Brownen and Mr. Le Jeune. 



