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pleasure in stating that the Society continues to he vigorous and 
prosperous, the number of meetings held during 1889 being quite 
up to the average of former years. The attendance at the meetings, 
however, more especially the evening meetings, has not been so 
good as might he desired, hut the Council earnestly hopes that all 
the members will do their utmost to maintain the prosperity of the 
Society and show their interest in the work which is being done by 
attending as many meetings as possible. 
During the year twenty-three ordinary members have been 
elected, twelve members have resigned, and we have to mourn 
the loss of four members by death. The census of the Society at 
the end of the years 1888 and 1889 was:— 
1888. 
1889. 
Honorary Members . . . 
.19 
19 
Life Members.. 
.41 
42 
Annual Subscribers . . . , 
.188 
193 
248 
254 
The following papers or lectures have been read or delivered 
during the year :— 
Jan. 22, at Watford.—Birds: their Nests and Habits ; by George Hooper, 
F.Z.S. 
Feb. 22, at Watford.—Anniversary Address—Structural Variations in the 
Eyes of Animals in reference to their Function; by the 
President, F. Maule Campbell, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.R.M.S. 
March 22, at Watford.—A Naturalist’s Calendar for the South-west of 
Hertfordshire ; by John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., etc. 
- Report on Insects observed in Hertfordshire in 1888 ; by F. W. 
Silvester, F.R.Met.Soc. 
- Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 1888 ; 
by John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., etc. 
- 25, at St. Albans.—Pre-historic Man in Britain; by Henry Hicks, 
M.D., F.R.S., F.G.S. 
- 29, at Hertford.—Further Reminiscences of Hertford in the 17th 
and 18th Centuries; by R. T. Andrews. 
April 12, at Watford.—Report on the Rainfall in Hertfordshire in 188?; 
by John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.Met.Soc. 
- Meteorological Observations taken at The Grange, St. Albans, 
during the year 1887 ; by John Hopkinson. 
- Climatological Observations taken in Hertfordshire in 1887 ;■ by 
John Hopkinson. 
- Report on Phenological Phenonema observed in Hertfordshire 
during the years 1887 and 1888 ; by John Hopkinson. 
- Notes on the Chalk Rock ; by John Morison, M.D., F.G.S. 
- The Study of the Injuries and Diseases of Plants ; by Alfred T. 
Brett, M.D. 
-- Some Notes on the Lepidoptera of St. Albans and its Neighbour¬ 
hood ; by A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S. 
- 26, at Watford.—Metal Mining ; by Upheld Green, F.G.S. 
- Report on the Rainfall in Hertfordshire in 1888 ; by John 
Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.Met.Soc. 
- Meteorological Observations taken at The Grange, St. Albans, 
during the year 1888 ; by John Hopkinson. 
- Climatological Observations taken in Hertfordshire in 1888; by 
John Hopkinson. 
-- 27, at St. Albans.—The Hessian Fly and its Introduction into Britain; 
by Eleanor A. Ormerod, F.R.Met.Soc., F.E.S. 
