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members in arrears; and Mr. Sydney Humbert performed these 
duties most efficiently. He bad the welfare of the Society thoroughly 
at heart, and evinced his interest in it not only in the amount of 
attention he devoted to the work pertaining to his office, but also 
in his frequent participation in discussions at the evening meetings. 
As a mark of respect to his memory the meeting at Watford on the 
18th of December, the first after his death, was adjourned after the 
formal business had been transacted. 
The census of the Society at the end of the years 1882 and 1883 
was as follows:— 
1882. 
1883. 
Honorary Members. 
.... 15 
19 
Life Members. 
.... 38 
42 
Annual Subscribers. 
219 
268 
280 
Hive parts of the Society’s ‘ Transactions ’ have been published 
during the year, and the present volume, containing the proceedings 
of the last two sessions, will be completed within the next month 
or two. IJp to the end of last year the Society has published in 
its ‘ Transactions ’ 1320 pages and 10 plates, and, as the number of 
members has increased, so has the amount of matter published. 
The number of pages issued each year is as follows :— 
1875 . 
, . . 64 
1878 . 
. . 160 
1881 . 
. . 192 
1876 . 
. . 96 
1879 . 
. . 180 
1882 . 
. . 160 
1877 . 
, . . 104 
1880 . 
. . 156 
1883 . 
. . 208 
The following are the principal papers and lectures which have 
been read or delivered during the year 1883 :— 
Jan. 16, at Watford.—Windsor Forest and its Famous Trees; by the 
Eev. Canon Gee, D.D. 
Feb. 15, at Hertford.-—On Methods of Illustrating Lectures on Micro¬ 
scopic Objects; by F. W. Phillips, F.L.S. 
-- 20, at Watford.—Anniversary Address ; by the President, George 
Hooper, F.Z.S. 
March 20, at Watford.—Meteorological Observations taken at Wansford 
House, Watford, during the year 1882 ; by John Hopkinson, 
F.L.S., F.E.Met.Soc. 
- Eeport on Phenological Phenomena observed in Hertfordshire 
during the year 1882 ; by John Hopkinson, F.L.S. 
- Notes on Insects observed in Hertfordshire during the year 1882 ; 
by Eleanor A. Ormerod, F.E.Met.Soc. 
•-- Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 1882; 
by John E. Littleboy. 
-Notes on some Hertfordshire Mammalia ; by Alfred T. Brett, M.D. 
- 29, at Hertford.—Notes on the Ee-introdnction of the Beaver into 
Britain; by Augustus Hawks. 
April 17, at Watford.—Some Experiments on the Physics and Chemistry 
of the Sap of Plants; by Professor Attfield, Ph.D., F.E.S., 
F.C.S. 
- Eeport on Flowering Plants and Ferns observed in Hertfordshire 
in 1882 ; by Ada Selby. 
——■ 19, at Ware.—Notes on the Eiver Lea below Hertford; by Eichard 
B. Croft, E.N., F.L.S. 
