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many a curious old local legend is already irretrievably lost. 

 This, however, furnishes all the more reason why what remains 

 should be carefully gathered up and recorded ; and the same 

 may be said of many of the peculiarities and picturesque and 

 quaint expressions of our ancient Franco-Norman dialect. The 

 Society will certainly have before it in these directions a novel 

 and most fertile field of scientific enquiry, and I sincerely hope 

 that these new branches will be carefully worked and investi- 

 gated. 



It now only remains for me, ladies and gentlemen, to 

 thank you once more for your kindness in having elected me to 

 the office, my tenure of which is just expiring; and to assure 

 you of my continued interest in all that concerns the welfare of 

 the Society, and to wish it — which I do heartily— constant and 

 ever increasing success. 



The attention of the members was then devoted to the 

 consideration of a new set of rules for the government of the 

 Society, and which were finally adopted. An important 

 addition was made to the aim and objects of the Society, viz., 

 " The study and investigation of the archeology, folk-lore and 

 language of the islands of the Bailiwick." This necessitated an 

 addition to the title of the Society, which now stands thus, 

 1 'The Guernsey Society of Natural Science and Local 

 Research." 



The election of the Council for the new year was next pre- 

 ceeded with, and resulted in the re-election of all the old 

 office-bearers as follows : - President : Mr. T. Guille ; Vice- 

 President : Mr. John Whitehead ; Hon. Treasurer : Mr. W. A. 

 Luff ; Hon. Secretary : Mr. W. Sharp ; Committee : Messrs. 

 F. Alles, A. Collenette, C. De La Mare, G. Derrick, S. G. 

 Hugo, and E. D. Marquand. 



A copy of a pamphlet on " The Eocks of Alderney and the 

 Casquets" by the Eev. E. Hill, f.GS., was presented to the 

 Society by the Author. 



