Meetings, 1884. 



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The Second Annual Meeting ivas held at the Quille-Alles Library , 

 October 21 st y 1884, Edgar MacCulloch, Esq., Lieutenant- Bailiff 

 President of the Society, in the chair. 

 The following report was read by Mr. W. Sharp, the Hon. 

 Secretary. 



At the close of the second year of the Society's existence, 

 the Committee note with pleasure that the research begun so 

 vigorously last year has been continued during the present 

 one. The Society now numbers forty-four members. During 

 the year twenty-six indoor meetings have been held, and 

 during the summer months several outdoor excursions. These 

 latter are at once pleasant and instructive, giving as they do an 

 opportunity of studying the growing of plants, and of noticing 

 the physical and geological features of the country. The old 

 mine workings at Moulin Huet, Ivy Castle and neighbourhood, 

 Fermain, Jerbourg, and L'Ancresse, have thus been visited. 

 Several of the winter evenings were spent in examining a 

 valuable set of microscopic objects, which, with two excellent 

 microscopes, were kindly lent to the society by Mr. Guille. 



Botany has again claimed the greatest share of the mem- 

 bers' attention, and a large number of plants have been identi- 

 fied and added to the list, which now numbers three hundred. 



Mr. Luff has at various times exhibited and described 

 many Guernsey specimens of butterflies, moths, beetles and 

 other insects, and to him also we are indebted for an interest- 

 ing paper well illusti'ated with specimens on " Some New Zea- 

 land insects compared with Guernsey ones." Failing other 

 original papers, several essays from scientific works have 

 been read, in each case a discussion following. It is hoped 

 that some members may be led to take up privately the subject 

 of marine zoology, and communicate their researches to the 

 society, as there are difficulties in the way of studying it at 

 indoor meetings. 



The committee record with much pleasure the gift by Dr. 

 Hoskins of an extensive collection of specimens of the various 



