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ANNUAL REPORT 
The attendance at the General Meetings has been less numerous 
than could be wished, averaging nineteen members and nine 
visitors. In consequence of the unsettled state of the weather, 
it was not thought expedient to organise any general excursion 
last summer. The Botanical Section, however, pursued their work 
with little interruption, taking weekly rambles during the greater 
part of the season, and working up the botany of the district with a 
view to the publication of a local “ Flora ” The Council are 
pleased to report that, by an arrangement with the Council of 
the Museum and Library, a number of additional shelves have 
been secured for the Society’s Library, the books of which will 
now, it is hoped, be more accessible to members than they have 
hitherto been. The Financial Statement, which the Council 
presents herewith, shows the finances of the Society to be in a 
satisfactory condition. Owing- to the exertions of the honorary 
treasurer in collecting arrears of subscriptions, the balance in hand 
is considerably larger than at thi corresponding period of last year. 
