68 ACCOUNT OF THE GENERAL MEETINGS AND ANNUAL MEETING. 
of them were shown, with a complete set of the ten local species 
preserved and mounted." 
(N.B. — A full account of this paper will be found in the present 
number of the Proceedings.) 
437th GENERAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY. 
Nov. 6th, 1913. 
(Times and Mirror, Nov. yth, 1913). 
"The second general meeting of the session of the Bristol 
Naturalists' Society was held last evening in the large Hall of the 
Bristol University, and in conjunction with it was an 
exhibition illustrating the fauna, flora, and geology of the Bristol 
district, some particulars of which were given in our issue 
yesterday. The exhibition was quite a remarkable one for so 
small a society, and showed the keen interest which the members 
take in their work. The various specimens were admirably pre- 
pared, and were staged so as to be seen to the best advantage. The 
exhibition was so successful that it is likely to be made an annual 
fixture. There was a large company present, and a thoroughly 
interesting and enjoyable evening was spent by them. 
"At the meeting, Miss Ida M. Roper, the President of the 
Society, presided, and said she was pleased to see so many of the 
members and their friends present, and to learn that so many 
members were exhibitors. The getting up of that exhibition was 
almost entirely due to the energy and labour of Dr. Darbishire. 
"Dr. Darbishire said that they would all remember their first 
meeting of the season, last January, was their 50th annual meeting, 
and when they discovered that, they thought it would be suitable 
to have one or two special meetings during the year. Their first 
special meeting was a social function — a reception by the Lord 
Mayor in the Museum, and the second was an excursion. 
The exhibition that evening was for the members and their friends, 
and was a sort of family gathering where they had an opportunity 
of bringing specimens and showing them to their friends and dis- 
cussing them. In that way they hoped to bring together those 
interested in natural history and encouraging those not yet 
interested in it to become naturalists. And, from what he could 
see of the large number of exhibits and persons present, their 
efforts had been well rewarded. The meeting had been made 
possible largely through the University authorities giving them 
that hall free that evening. The specimens shown were meant 
to represent, more or less, the Bristol district. It was intended to 
hold this type of meeting not only this year, their jubilee year, but 
every year, when specimens would be included from all parts of 
