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Its gothic porch, which is in an excellent state of preservation, 

 much resembles that of the west end of the Vale Church, and 

 is probably of the same date. Till quite recently the Feudal 

 Court of Anneville met in this building. At the back of the 

 manor house are the remains of the Chapel of St. Thomas 

 d' Anneville. Unfortunately its appearance has been quite 

 spoilt by its being converted into a shed. 



The Garenne d'Anneville was next visited. This ancient 

 warren, which is about 100 yards square, is surrounded by a 

 moat containing water, crossed in one place only by a roughly 

 constructed bridge, its object being to prevent the escape of 

 the rabbits. It was probably constructed by Sir William de 

 Chesney who, in 1260, was granted by Prince Edward (after 

 Edward I. of England) then " Lord of the Isles," the right of 

 free warren on his manor. The present Seigneur of Anne- 

 ville, Mr. W. Faschen Andros, still holds the garenne. 



The usual interest has been maintained at the indoor 

 meetings, and the annual soiree was from all points of view a 

 brilliant success, affording much pleasure to a very large 

 audience, and a substantial increase to the Society's funds, 

 and the Council takes this opportunity of thanking those 

 ladies and gentlemen to whose efforts this success was due. 



The membership, which at the beginning of the year was 

 81, has risen to 87. The Council would gladly welcome to 

 the ranks of the Society those who would take an active 

 interest in Botany, Entomology, and especially Marine 

 Zoology. So far the losses the Society has recently sustained 

 in these departments have not been made good. 



From the Hon. Treasurer's statement it will be seen that 

 the excursions were very costly, and financially did not pay, 

 yet in spite of this there is a satisfactory balance. 



The Council Avishes to express its thanks to the Council 

 of the Guille-Alles Library for their continued kindness. 



Exchanges with the Society's Library. 



The following works have been received during the year 

 in exchange for the Society's Transactions, and it is gratifying 

 to note that these exchanges cover a much larger field than 

 ever before : — 



Journal of the Torquay Natural History Society. 

 Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institute. 

 Bulletin de la Societe Jersiaise. 

 Handbooks I. and II. Horniman Museum. 



9th Annual Report of the Horniman Museum and Library for 

 1910. 



