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REPORT. 
The donations received towards the “ Magazine and Leaflet Fund” 
have enabled the Council to reprint and issue various leaflets dealing 
with the several objects of the Society. Members are urged to distribute 
copies of the leaflets and prospectuses, as well as of Nature Notes, with a 
view of obtaining new members and extending the knowledge of the 
objects and aims of the Society. Application should be made to the 
Secretary, 20, Hanover Square, for leaflets and prospectuses showing the 
objects of the Society, details as to membership and the methods by 
which those objects can be attained, together with a list of officers, 
branches, and names and addresses of the local Honorary Secretaries. 
The publishers are willing to supply back numbers of the Society’s 
magazine gratis, for distribution at local meetings, or to serve as specimen 
copies. 
The Council again tenders its cordial thanks to Mr. James Britten, 
F.L.S., for the ability with which he has edited the Society’s magazine. 
Nature Notes. The favourable notices and frequent extracts which are 
given in the press (the source being still, at times, not acknowledged) 
testify to the increasing value and interest of the magazine. The Council 
wishes also to thank the large number of members who have voluntarily 
contributed articles and notes. 
The Society’s Field Club organised last season a series of twenty- 
four rambles, which were very fairly divided between the north, south, 
and west districts. The numbers much depended on the popularity of 
the place visited, and the weather. Those in and near Epping Forest 
(Chingford, Loughton, Sewardstone Green, Chigwell, and Copt Hall) 
were much enjoyed ; and those further afield, on the south side of 
London (Beddington, Carshalton, Purley Downs, Croham Hurst, 
Coulsdon, Addington Hills, and Elmer’s End, Hayes and Keston 
Common) were exceedingly well attended. 
There was a visit paid early in the season to Kew Gardens, con- 
ducted by Prof. F. E. Hulme, F.L.S. ; and one from Gomshall ^larsh 
to Chalk Downs, conducted by Prof. G. S. Boulger, F.L.S. ; also 
rambles to Hadley Woods, Harrow, and Ruislip, Greenford and North- 
holt, and other places. Perhaps one of the most enjoyable afternoons 
spent was a visit to St. Albans Abbey. The Rev. G. H. P. Glossop, 
M.A., led the party round the Abbey, his remarks on its history and 
architecture, including the ingeniously atrocious restorations, being 
luminous and pointed. Mr. Page, F.S.A., also delivered an interesting 
address in the Abbey churchyard, respecting some excavations he had 
recently made on the spot, when he uncovered the foundation of St. 
Andrew’s Church, built in the thirteenth century, but long since pulled 
down. St. Michael’s Church, where Francis Bacon lies buried, and the 
ruins of the old Roman wall, near Verulam Woods, were also visited. 
The season finished with a fungus foray through Wimbledon Common 
to Richmond Park, which the Field Club undertook in conjunction with 
the Lambeth Field Club, and which was most successful. 
A collection of lantern slides illustrating Gilbert White’s country has 
been purchased of Mr. Appleby, of Bath, and an arrangement has been 
made with the Society for the Protection of Birds, whereby the use of 
their admirable selection illustrative of birds and bird life has been 
secured for Society lectures. The Council would be glad to hear from 
any member who would be willing either to lend or present such slides 
to the Society. 
A number of very successful lectures have been given on behalf of the 
Society during the year. The Council is greatly indebted to those gen- 
tlemen who have so willingly given their valuable services, and as the 
number of lecturers at present available is insufficient to meet all the 
