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IN presenting the Twelfth Annual Report the Council has the 

 pleasure to record another year of continued activity, though, 

 in consequence of the war, in common with most other Societies, 

 the membership has to some extent been reduced. 



The number of members on the 30th September was 408, 

 against 516 on the same date last year. 



The number on 30th October (Annual Meeting) was 393, 

 against 498 on the same date last year. 



During the year general and other meetings were held as 

 follows : — 



The Annual Meeting. 

 The Presidential Address. 

 10 General Lectures. 

 30 Sectional Lectures. 



9 Botanical Meetings for the Microscopical Study of 

 Algae. 



4 General Excursions. 



17 Sectional Excursions, 

 making a total of 72 meetings and excursions as compared with 

 70 during the previous year. 



The General Lectures were as follows : — 

 1914. 



Nov. 14. — The Presidential Address, by Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G., 

 etc. 



Dec. 5. — "The Excavations at Hengistbury Head," by Mr. Wm. Dale, 

 F.S.A. 



Dec. 12. — " Petrograd, Moscow and Nijni Novgorod," by Rev. W. H. 

 Windle Cooper, M.A., F.R.G.S. 

 1915. 



Jan. 16.— " Protective Colouration in Birds." by Dr. Francis Geo. 



Penrose, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.Z.S. 

 Jan. 30. — "Ireland from Within," by Mr. Jos. Neale, B.A. 

 Feb. 13. — "The Great Stone Crosses in Northumbria," by Mr. W. 



Franklin Rawnsley, M.A.. J. P. 

 Feb. 27.— " Evolution' in the Past," by Mr. Hy. R. Knipe, F.L.S. 

 Mar. 13. — "Mechanical Structures in Plants, exhibiting Engineering 



Processes." by Rev. Professor Geo. Henslow, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. 

 Mar. 20. — "The Camera as Historian," by Mr. L. Stanley Jast. 

 April 14. — " Giotto's Bell Tower in Florence," by Rev. Edgar J. Fripp, 



April 24. — "Lime, in the Service of Man: An Account of some of the 

 Applications of Calcium Compounds in the Arts and Industries," by 

 Mr. Hubert Painter, B.Sc. F.C.S. 



All but one were illustrated by Lantern Slides. 



The General Excursions, with their conductors in each case, 

 were as follows : — 

 1915. 



May 29.— Highcliffe Castle, by Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G. 



