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PROCEEDINGS OE THE 
the Earl Cowper, K.G., retiring from the office of Vice-President; 
and to Mr. John E. Littleboy, Mr. E. W. Phillips, E.L.S., and 
Mr. E. W. Silvester, E.R.Met.Soc., retiring from the Council. 
Report op the Council for 1886. 
In presenting the Twelfth Annual Report, the Council of the 
Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Eield Club is able to 
state that the Society maintains its prosperous and vigorous con¬ 
dition, the total number of meetings held during 1886 being greater 
than in any previous year. The attendances, particularly at the 
evening meetings, have somewhat fallen off, but the Council hopes 
that the members will endeavour to maintain the position the 
Society holds, and show their interest in the work being done, by 
attending as many meetings as possible. 
During the year twelve ordinary members and one honorary 
member have been elected, fifteen members have resigned, and the 
Council regrets to have to record the loss of four members (two 
life members and two annual subscribers) by death. The census 
of the Society at the end of the years 1885 and 1886 was : — 
1885. 1886. 
Honorary Members .19 20 
Life Members. 44 42 
Annual Subscribers. 202 197 
265 259 
The following papers and lectures have been read or delivered 
during the year : — 
Jan. 26, at Watford.—On a Diagram for a Model of the Solar System to 
scale ; by Arthur Cottam, F.R.A.S. 
Feb. 2, at Watford.—Plants and their Uses ; by John R. Jackson, A.L.S. 
16, at Watford.—Anniversary Address ; by the President, Professor 
Attfield, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.I.C., F.C.S. 
-25, at Hertford.—The Germ Theory of Disease; by C. E. Shelly, 
B. A., M.B., Hon. Sec. 
March 16, at Watford.—Wild Plants : their Attributes and Names ; by F. 
G. Lloyd, Hon. Sec. 
- 18, at Hertford. —An Account of British and Roman Remains found 
in the Neighbourhood of Hertford; by William Ransom, 
F.L.S. 
April 20, at Watford.—Report on Insects observed in Hertfordshire during 
the year 1885 ; by F. W. Silvester, F.R.Met.Soc. 
- Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 1885 ; 
by John E. Littleboy. 
- 29, at Hertford.—Meteorological Observations taken at Throcking, 
Herts, during the year 1885 ; by the Rev. C. W. Harvey, 
M.A., F.R.Met.Soc. 
- Report on the Bainfall in Hertfordshire in 1885; by the Rev. 
C. W. Harvey. 
- On a Model of the Solar System ; by Arthur Cottam, F.R.A.S. 
May 11, at Watford.—Meteorological Observations taken at Wansford 
House, Watford, during the year 1885 ; by John Hopkinson, 
F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.Met.Soc. 
- Report on Phenological Phenomena observed in Hertfordshire 
during the year 1885 ; by John Hopkinson. 
