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PROCEEDINGS, 
277th Ordinary Meeting, 23rd February, 1909, at Watford. 
John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.Z.S., Assoc.Inst. C. E., 
in the Chair. 
Mr. J. T. Newman was elected a Member of the Society. 
Mr. Albert E. Salisbury, 64 Pemberton Gardens, Highgate, 
was proposed for membership. 
The following lecture was delivered :— 
“ The Glacier World of Switzerland.” By the Rev. A. H. 
Cooke, M.A., E.Z.S. 
The lecture was illustrated by a series of lantern-slides prepared 
from Mr. Cooke’s photographs. 
Mr. Charles Oldham and Mr. Henry Kidner were appointed 
Auditors of the Society’s accounts for the year 1908. 
278th Ordinary Meeting, 9th March, 1909, at St. Albans. 
Arthur Sutton, Assoc. R. S.M., in the Chair. 
Mr. A. E. Salisbury was elected a Member of the Society. 
The following lecture was delivered :— 
“ The Natural Occurrence and Manufacture of Rubber.” By 
Sydney J. Johnstone. 
About sixty lantern-slides and numerous specimens were 
shown in illustration of the lecture. 
279th Ordinary Meeting, 23rd March, 1909, at Watford. 
Gregory M. Mathews, E.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., in the Chair. 
Mr. Henry George Harper, Nascot Lawn, Watford, was 
proposed for membership of the Society. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. “ Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 
1908.” By William Bickerton, F.Z.S., M.B.O.TJ. ( Transactions , 
Yol. XIY, pp. 97-112.) 
2. “ The Weather of the year 1908 in Hertfordshire.” By John 
Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.Met. Soc., etc. ( Transactions , 
Yol. XIY, pp. 113-128.) 
Diagrams were exhibited in illustration of the paper. 
3. “ Report on Phenological Phenomena observed in Hert¬ 
fordshire during the year 1908.” By Edward Mawley, 
F.R.Met.Soc., F.R.H.S., Y.M.H. ( Transactions , Yol. XIY, 
pp. 143-149.) 
4. “A List of Dragonflies observed in the neighbourhood 
of Shenley.” By E. J. Speyer, F.E.S. Communicated by 
A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., F.E.S. (The publication of this paper is 
deferred.) 
