president’s address. 
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On October 7th, Mr. F. Long, L.R.C.P., gave an account 
of his Visit to Dublin, as delegate to the Corresponding 
Societies of the British Association. Mr. H. E. Hurrell sent 
a note on Hydra, and Mr. A. Bennett a paper on four rare 
East Anglian plants. 
November 24th, a special meeting was held in the Art 
Gallery of the Castle Museum, to which the members of the 
Norwich Science Gossip Club were invited to hear Mr. Gerard 
H. Gurney’s paper on his Natural History Experiences in 
British East Africa, illustrated by lantern slides. 
On January 26th, 1900, it was decided to offer the con- 
gratulations of the members to Dr. S. F. Harmer, F.R.S., on 
his appointment to the Keepership of Zoology in the 
British Museum (Nat. Hist.), and to Mr. H. B. Woodward, 
F.R.S., on his receiving the Wollaston Medal from the 
Geological Society. Mr. E. J. H. Eldred read “ Observations 
on the Great Bustard in Captivity;” Mr. H. Dixon Hewitt 
some Notes on the Drove Road, an ancient Norfolk 
Trackway; Mr. J. H. Gurney made remarks on the recent 
abundance of Woodcock, and Mr. A. Mayfield sent a list 
of Non-Marine Mollusca of Norfolk. 
February 23rd. Mr. F. C. Hinde, your Hon. Librarian, 
alluded to the necessity for increasing shelf room for the 
Society’s Library. A Sub-Committee, consisting of Mr. J. H. 
Gurney, the Hon. Librarian, and the Hon. Secretary, was 
appointed to report. (The Sub-Committee subsequently 
recommended that new shelves should be constructed over the 
doorway, and on the left-hand side of the door of the room in 
the library, at an estimated cost of £12 ; that £10 be drawn 
from the Life Membership Fund for this purpose, Mr. J. H. 
Gurney having generously offered to defray the balance.) 
Mr. W. G. Clarke read a paper on the “ Bird-Life of the 
Meres of Wretham Heath.” Mr. Patterson one on the 
“ Obsolete Mackerel Fishery,” and some Natural History 
“ Notes.” Mr. J. H. Gurney exhibited two Engravings of 
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