MEETINGS. 



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The Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Society was held on 

 December 15th, 1909, Lieut.- Colonel T. W. De Guerin in the 

 chair. 



Mrs. Kelson exhibited a branch of Canadian Poplar from 

 Germany, showing cottony fruit. 



Mr. W. A. Luff exhibited specimens of a new Gall 

 (Cynips calicis) growing on acorns. It is not British, though 

 found on the Continent. Mr. Luff also read a paper on the 

 genus Pezomachus, and one on " Additions to the Insects of 

 Sark," and then Mr. F. L. Tanner read a paper by Mr. Eric 

 Sharp on the Marine Zoology of Alderney. All the above 

 papers are printed in the present 'Transactions. 



Mr. A. Collenette reported that the bones found at Vazon 

 were undoubtedly human. They consisted of portion of a 

 skull which unfortunately had been thrown aAvay by the 

 workmen, and some fragments of thigh bones which he had 

 secured for the Museum. They were in the peat under the 

 sand, but in his opinion they belonged to a later date than the 

 other Guernsey peat bones, probably the same period as the 

 Alderney skulls. 



The annual Sectional Reports, embodying the work of 

 the year in various branches, were read as follows : — 

 Botany, by Mr. E. D. Marquand. 

 Entomology, by Mr. W. A . Luff. 

 Geology, by Mr. C. G. De La Mare. 

 Marine Zoology, by Mr. F. L. Tanner. 

 Ornithology, by Mr. E. D. Marquand. 



The Hon. Secretary next read the Annual Report of the 

 Council, and the Hon. Treasurer presented his statement of 

 account showing a balance in hand of £15 lis. 2d. 



Proceeding then to the election of officers, the Secretary 

 (Mr. G. T. Derrick) and the Treasurer (Mr. W. A. Luff) 

 were re-elected by acclamation, with many expressions of 

 thanks for their services ; and as no new member was pro- 

 posed for the Committee the old Committee was re-elected en 

 bloc. 



Monthly Meeting held on January 26th, 1910, Lieut.- Colonel 

 T. W. De Guerin in the chair. 



Mr. A. Collenette, F.C.S., read his annual Report on 

 the Sunshine and Rainfall of the past year, and Mr. B. 

 Rowswell's Weather Reports for Alderney and Sark. Both 

 papers are published in the current Transactions. A large 



