REPORT OF THE COUHCIL 
To December 30^, 1913. 
URING the last year there has been a nett increase of 
membership of 28. 
Ord. Members. Associate Members. Total. 
1912 ... 85 39 — 124 
1913 ... 103 49 — 152 
Increase ... 18 10 — 28 
In addition there are 13 Hon. Members, and also 11 Student 
Members who are Members of Sections only, making a grand 
total of 176. 
During the year the Proceedings for 191 2 were published, repre- 
senting Series IV, Vol. Ill, Part IV, of the Proceedings, and 
extending over 48 pages. The Proceedings now bear the title 
" Annual Report and Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists' 
Society." 
The last year, 19 13, was taken as the Jubilee Year owing to the 
Annual Meeting in January being the 50th of its kind. The 
Society was actually founded in 1S62. 
The following Meetings were held during the year : — 
Jan. 16th, 1913. — Annual meeting (50th Anniversary). Presi- 
dential Address by Dr. G. Munro Smith, 
entitled : " The Point of View." 
Feb. 6th. — Miss Williams : " Fish and Vegetable Foods as served 
at Table." 
Mar. 6th. — Dr. Rudge : "The Food of Animals and Stratagems 
Employed in Obtaining It." 
April 3rd.— Mr. C. Bucknall : "On Some Pre-historic Rock 
Figures in the Maritime Alps." 
May 1st. — Mr. D. M. Smith : " Notes on Birds." 
,, Sth. — Jubilee Reception by the Lord Mayor of Members of 
the Society at the Natural History Museum. 
June 14th. — Jubilee Excursion to Wrington and Barley Woods. 
Oct. 2nd. — Mr. W. A. Smallcombe : " Observations on Ants." 
Nov. 6th. — Jubilee Exhibition Meeting. About 50 Exhibits 
illustrating mainly the Fauna, Flora and Geology 
of the Bristol District." 
Dec. 4th.— Br. W. E. Hoyle, "Folk Museums." 
There was an average attendance of about 40 Members and 
friends at each meeting, but this figure does not include the Jubilee 
Reception at the Museum or the Jubilee Exhibition Meeting, at 
which 250 Members and friends were present. 
