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MEETINGS. 



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The Hon. Secretary followed with the Annual Report of 

 the Council, and the Hon. Treasurer presented his Financial 

 Statement for the year, which shows a balance in hand of 

 £26 5s. 4d. 



The election of Officers was next proceeded with. Mr. 

 F. L. Tanner, F.Z.S., was elected President, and Mr. Carey 

 Curtis Hon. Secretary ; Mr. C. G. De La Mare was re- 

 elected Hon. Treasurer ; and the Council was re-elected en 

 bloc, Mr. A. C. Bescoby replacing Mr. Tanner. 



Owing to the lateness of the hour, the retiring President's 

 address was postponed to the next meeting. 



Monthly Meeting, held January 23rd } 1913, the President, Mr. 

 F. L. Tanner, in the Chair. 



Dr. Cresswell, of La Banquette, Cobo, was proposed by 

 Mr. J. J. Carey, for membership and seconded by Mr. B. 

 Rowswell. 



Mr. Collenette exhibited a fine and very perfect hazel 

 nut found in the peat, at Cobo, on January 20th. 



Colonel de Guerin read his postponed Presidential Address. 

 The Colonel's paper, " A Contribution towards the recon- 

 struction of the History of Guernsey during the latter half of 

 the XlVth Century," will be published in the 1912 Tran- 

 sactions. 



Mr. Collenette read his usual annual report on the Rainfall 

 and Sunshine of Guernsey. The year 1912, as Mr. Collenette 

 clearly showed, by means of lantern slides, proved an unusually 

 wet and remarkably gloomy one. In rainfall the last 70 

 years could produce only four with a bigger total, while 

 as regards sunshine the year was the gloomiest of the 

 last nineteen. Mr. Collenette discussed the rainfall as measured 

 at nine different stations scattered over the island and briefly 

 referred to the amount measured at Sark and Alderney, 

 where observations have been taken since January, 1906. 

 The sunshine figures were those for Mr. Collenette's own 

 station at " Brookly n," Fort Road. 



Hearty votes of thanks were given to Colonel de Guerin 

 and Mr. Collenette for their interesting papers. 



The President announced the date of the Soiree, viz., 

 Wednesday, February 12th. 



