Meetings, 1889. 



tinder these circumstances it is also a great satisfaction to 

 know, and a great pleasure to me to acknowledge, the very- 

 valuable services that have been rendered by my friend, Mr. 

 Whitehead, our esteemed vice-president. He has often taken 

 the chair when I could not, while nothing could exceed the 

 interest and devotion he has manifested in furthering those 

 branches of science which the society has at heart. I suppose 

 every member of the society is aware that Mr. Whitehead has, 

 for years past, devoted a very large amount of valuable time 

 to the re-arrangement and enriching of the museum — a work 

 which will be more and more appreciated, when the Guernsey 

 public become better acquainted with the full extent of these 

 local Natural History treasures, which are there placed within 

 their reach. The undertaking of a long and tedious enterprise 

 of this kind —requiring as it does not only immense patience 

 and perseverance, but also a very special knowledge— is exceed- 

 ingly hard in itself, and would alone entitle Mr. Whitehead to 

 our warmest gratitude and heartiest thanks. But in addition 

 to this he has most generously presented the institution with a 

 number of large glass cases, made specially to his order, for the 

 preservation and display of specimens; and has besides 

 purchased and given us a splendid coDection of local Crustacea, 

 annelids, fishes, and other examples of our local marine fauna, 

 which will prove a most welcome addition to every working 

 naturalist. These specimens have nearly all been prepared and 

 mounted by Mr. Sinel, of Jersey, who has preserved them in a 

 style, of which any museum might be proud. Personally, 

 therefore, ladies and gentlemen, on my own behalf as well as 

 on that of the society, I beg to tender our very warmest thanks 

 to Mr. Whitehead for his great kindness, and his very handsome 

 and costly presents, which I am sure we all most fully appreci- 

 ate and very highly value. 



The museum has also recently received from Mrs. C. B. 

 Hamilton, a very extensive and unique collection of minerals, 

 which was formerly in the possession of her late husband Mr* 



