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president’s address. 
Our thanks are due to Rev. E. N. Bloomfield for paying 
the expenses of printing his paper on “ Suffolk Fungi,” to 
Miss Geldart for presenting the plate to illustrate her 
paper on “ Stratiotes aloides,” and to Mr. Patterson and 
the proprietors of the ‘ Daily Graphic ’ for a plate of the 
Norwegian Lobster, also, to Mr. Brittain for various 
lantern exhibitions. 
Our library has been increased by donations of books and 
papers by Mr. J. H. Gurney, Mr. G. F. Buxton, Mr. H. G. 
Barclay, Mr. T. Southwell, Mr. H. B. Woodward, Mr. A. 
Bennett, Mr. J. Edwards, Rev. E. N. Bloomfield, and Mr. 
A. Mayfield. 
The attendance at the evening meetings has been quite up 
to the average. 
On 29th May, 1906, Mr. J. H. Gurney, F.Z.S., announced 
that he had succeeded in breeding the Jackal Buzzard at 
Keswick for, he believed, the first time in England. A paper 
on “ A Personal Study of the Geology of Niagara,” by Dr. 
James Lindsay, F.G.S., was read, also a note on “ Woad,” 
by Mr. A. Bennett, F.L.S. 
On 14th June, by kind invitation of Lord Walsingham, 
the members of the Society, in conjunction with the Norwich 
Science Gossip Club, made an excursion to Merton Hall, 
where his lordship’s fine collection of Lepidoptera were shown. 
A large number of members responded to the invitation, and 
a most interesting day was spent. 
Mr. F. Balfour Browne acted as our Delegate to the meeting 
of the British Association at York in August. 
\ The subjects discussed at the Conference of Delegates 
included 
(«) Local Societies and Meteorology. 
(b) The desirability of Promoting County Photographic 
Surveys. 
The first subject was introduced by Dr. Hugh Robert Mill. 
He alluded to various definite researches which should be 
