THE ANNUAL MEETING 
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It was with much satisfaction that your Committee was able to include in 
the syllabus a paper by one of our lady members, and it hopes that other ladies 
will be encouraged to follow this excellent example. 
Croydon. — The Croydon Branch has as usual held monthly meetings during 
the winter months, when lectures have been delivered. The lectures are given 
in the Hall attached to the North I’ark Ladies’ College, Croydon West, by 
kind permission of the Principal, Miss II. C. Sturton, the pupils of the College 
being present by arrangement. 
The following is a list of meetings that have been held : — 
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Nov. 6 
Dec. 4 
1904. 
Feb. 5 
Feb. (Sat.) 13 
March 4 
April 8 
April 15 
“Creatures of the Seashore.” Lantern Lecture. Mr. Edward 
A. Martin, F.G.S. 
Some Geological Photographs and Studies. Lantern Lecture. 
Mr. W. Whitaker, B.A., F.R.S., F.G.S. 
Museum Evening. Short Lecturettes and Notes. 
Visit to Natural History Museum. Entrance Hall, 3 p.m. 
“ He Made the Stars also.” Illustrated. Mr. Councillor H. 
Keatley .Moore, B.Mus. 
“Ocean Depths.” Lantern Lecture. Captain Alfred Carpenter, 
R.N. Some personal experiences of the “Challenger” 
Expedition. 
Annual Meeting and Exhibition of Nature Slides. The 
Honorary Secretary. 
In addition, the Secretary’s services have been in request by Bands of Hope 
and similar institutions, to which lectures suitable to children have been given. 
The summer rambles, which have been held in the South of London, have 
been well supported by members of the Branch. 
The Croydon Branch has devoted its best influence towards the movement for 
the preservation of the well-known Purley Beeches. Under the able leadership of 
Captain Carpenter, R.N., D.S.O., the Committee formed to watch over the 
matter has been enabled to obtain a lease of fourteen acres, with a view to the 
subscribing in the meantime of the sum of money necessary to purchase the ground 
at the end of that period. 
The Branch is represented on the Council of the Society by its delegate, Mr. 
H. S. M. Grover. 
East Riding. — At present only pioneer work can be attempted here. Meet- 
ings have been held at five different centres, much literature has been distributed, 
several new members have joined, one lady has promised that her keeper shall 
not destroy harmless birds, several ladies have left off wearing birds in their hats, 
and other interest, such as feeding birds in winter, has been shown. 
Hampstead (Northern Heights). — The conversion of this into a working 
Branch has been attended with gratifying results, upon which Mr. James E. 
Whiting, the Honorary Secretary, is to be congratulated. The rambles in the 
district last year were much appreciated, and were more fully attended than they 
have ever been before. Support has been lent by the Branch to the movement 
for the extension of the Heath, and to the protection in general of its amenities. 
Five lectures have been given during the winter, viz. : — 
“Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and the West Indian Eruptions.” Professor J. 
Logan Lobley, F.G.S. 
“ Pictures from Bird-Land.” Mr. Oliver G. Pike. 
“The Milky Way, and New Stars.” Mr. A. C. D. Crommelin, F.R.A.S. 
(of Greenwich Observatory). 
“ Spiders— their Structure and Habits.” Mr. Frank P. Smith. 
“ Radium.” Mr. J. B. Butler Burke, M.A. 
Four ancient halls of the City Guilds have been visited, and on each occasion 
a large number of members have availed themselves of the opportunity of 
inspecting the headquarters of these historic companies. 
