session 1907-1908. 
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Nine Ordinary Meetings, in addition to the Anniversary 
Meeting, have been held during the year, six of which were held 
at Watford and three at St. Albans. The following papers and 
lectures were read or delivered :— 
Jan. 16.—Geological Photographs ; by W. Whitaker, B.A., F.R.S., 
F.G.S., Assoc. Inst. C.E. 
- 29.—Hertfordshire Earthquakes: Records of Shocks which 
have been felt in the County from 1250 to 1905 ; by 
John Hopkinson, F.G.S., F.R. Met. Soc., Assoc. Inst. 
C.E., etc. 
Feb. 6.—Monkeys ; by Frank Finn, B.A., F.Z.S. 
-26.—Among the Birds with a Camera in West Herts and West 
Cumberland ; by W. Bickerton, M.B.O.U. 
March 12.—Anniversary Address : The Mystery of Matter ; by the 
President, John Morison,M.D.,D.P.H.,M.R.C.S.,F.G.S. 
April 23.—The Weather of the year 1906 in Hertfordshire; by John 
Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.R.Met. Soc., Assoc.Inst. C. E., etc. 
-- Report on Phenological Phenomena observed in Hertford¬ 
shire during the year 1906 ; by Edward Mawley, 
F.R.Met.Soc., F.R.H.S., Y.M.H. 
Notes on Lepidoptera observed in Hertfordshire in the year 
1906 ; by A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., F.E.S. 
A preliminary list of Hertfordshire Diptera ; by A. E. Gibbs, 
F.L.S., etc., and P. J. Barraud, F.E.S. 
Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 
1906 ; by W. Bickerton, M.B.O.U. 
Report on the Conference of Delegates to the British 
Association at York in 1906 ; by John Hopkinson, 
F.L.S., etc. 
Oct. 22.—Gilbert White and Selborne ; by Edward A. Martin, F.G.S. 
Nov. 26.—Curiosities of Plant Life ; by Wilfred Mark Webb, F.L.S. 
Dec. 10.—Remarks on Australian Birds and their Relation to British 
Species ; by Gregory M. Mathews, F.L.S., F.Z.S., etc. 
-17.—Some Insect and Fungus Pests ; byC.T. Gimingham, A.I.C. 
Nine Field Meetings were lield during the spring and summer, 
as follows :— 
April 6.—Bushey and Croxley. 
-- 18.—Little Stanmore and Harrow Weald. 
-27.—King’s Langley. 
May 11.—Beech Bottom and Sandridge. 
June 1.—Ruislip Reservoir. 
- 8.—Berkhamsted and Ashridge. 
-15.—Aldbury and Ivinghoe. 
-22.—Redbourn. 
July 6.—Dunstable and Totternhoe. 
The exceptionally unfavourable weather of the season was 
much in evidence at several of these meetings, and prevented, 
in some cases, the carrying out of the programme in its entirety, 
but in no case was a meeting abandoned on account of the 
weather, and some were eminently successful. 
The meetings on April 6 and June 15 were held in conjunction 
with the G-eologists’ Association, that on June 1 with the 
Quekett Microscopical Club, and those on April 13, May 11, 
June 22, and July 6 with the Barnet Natural History Society 
and Field Club. 
