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president’s address. 
difficulty arising at the last moment, Mr. F. W. Harmer very kindly 
consented to act for us. 
In May, Mr. G. H. Harris read us a capital paper, “Notes 
on the Flora of the Yarmouth District,” which we publish. 
Mr. Nicholson gave us an account of the High Tide of the 
18th May, and Mr. Patterson read his interesting notes for February, 
March, April, and May ; indeed, throughout the year he has been 
most kind in contributing notes, a selection from which will appear 
in the ‘ Transactions.’ 
On June 18th, Mr. Nicholson and myself, as President and 
Secretary, representing our Society, attended the Opening Ceremony 
of the Yarmouth Museum, and afterwards were present at a 
very handsome and hospitable reception, held by the Mayor and 
Mayoress of Yarmouth, at the Town Hall. 
On June 27th, the North Staffordshire Naturalists’ Field Club, 
numbering about thirty members, who were staying at Yarmouth 
for a summer excursion, visited Norwich, and were received by 
our Committee at the Castle Museum. They spent a pleasant 
afternoon, and appeared much interested in the Castle Building and 
Museum Collections. 
On July 31st we had the only Excursion of the year, to 
Hunstanton, where Mr. le Strange most kindly threw open his 
fine old moated 1 lall, allowing us to see the interior of this charming 
house, also his line collection of Mexican birds, and afterwards 
to go over the quaintly arranged and most interesting gardens ; from 
thence we went by the beach to the town, and after lunch at the 
Sandringham Hotel, spent the remainder of our time wandering 
about on the pier and under the cliffs. Everything about this 
excursion was most satisfactory with one exception, the attendance, 
for only nine went. The best thanks of the Society are due to 
Mr. le Strange for his kindness to us. I only regret that more 
of our members did not take advantage of it. 
In September, Mr. F. W. Harmer read to us two papers, one on 
“The Derivative Shells of the lied Crag,” and the other on “The 
Southern Character of the Molluscan Fauna of the Coralline Crag, 
tested by an analysis of its characteristic and abundant species.” 
