MEETINGS. 



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Both of these papers will be published in this year's 

 Transactions. 



The meeting rose just before 9.30 o'clock. 



Annual General Meeting, held Wednesday, December 14th, 1910, 

 William Carey, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Nineteen members were present. Evening very showery 

 as day had also been. 



Mr. W. E. Coles, of Mount Row, • proposed by Mr. 

 E. A. Luff, and seconded by Mr. B. Rowswell, was elected a 

 member. 



Mr. Rowswell showed a recent publication of the Ray 

 Society, a work on the British Annelids, containing, amongst 

 others, some very fine illustrations in colour of worms found in 

 Channel Island waters. 



The annual sectional Reports were read as follows : 

 Geology. — Mr. C. G. De La Mare. 

 Marine Zoology. — Mr. F. L. Tanner. 

 Ornithology. — Mr. B. T. Rowswell. 

 Entomology. — The Rev. F. E. Lowe. 



Mr. Collenette spoke about an apparently new disease 

 which is attacking the roots of an indoor-growing fig tree. 

 He had been called recently to examine the tree and had sent 

 a specimen of the diseased roots to the Board of Agriculture 

 who had replied that they were unable to arrive at any 

 conclusion as to what insect was doing the mischief. Mr. 

 Collenette said he had not seen the matured insect, but 

 had secured a grub. 



The Acting Hon. Secretary then read the Report of 

 the Council, and Mr. C. G. De La Mare, as Acting Hon. 

 Treasurer, supplied particulars as to the financial status of 

 the Society. From his remarks it appeared that the year 

 closed with a balance in hand of £12 2s. 3d. Mr. J. 

 Linwood Pitts and Mr. Basil T. Rowswell were appointed 

 auditors. 



The President then read a " Report on the Exploration 

 of the Palaeolithic Cave-dwelling known as La Cotte, St. 

 Brelade, Jersey." The Report had been received from 

 Mr. E. Toulmin Nicolle, Hon. Secretary of the " Societe 

 Jersiaise," who in a letter dated October 29th and addressed to 

 our President said " The importance of the discovery is such 

 that it was decided to communicate the result to the principal 

 learned Societies in England and France and also to yours. 

 It is the first time that implements of the Mousterian type 



