140 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



by Mr. George W. Ord (see page 85); "Preliminary Note on 

 the Shapes of Leaves," by Mr. G. F. Scott Elliot, M.A., B.Sc, 

 F.L.S., F.R.G.S. (seepage 80); "On Bipalium kewense^ Moseley," 

 by Mr. Charles Hogg (see page 53) ; and " On some Coll and 

 Tiree Plants," by Mr. Symers M. Macvicar (see page 55). 



27th January, 1897. 



Mr. Peter Ewing, F.L.S., Yice-President, in the chair. 



Messrs. George Allan Cadell, C.A., 116 St. YiDcent Street; 

 Alexander Frew, M.B., CM., Glendevon, Helensburgh; and Miss 

 Ina Wilson, 5 Middleton Terrace, Paisley Road were elected as 

 Ordinary Members. 



Mr. James Chumley, Assistant to Dr. John Murray, F.R.S., &c., 

 exhibited the following objects from the "Challenger" Expedition : 

 — (1) Manganese nodules, sharks' teeth, and ear-bones of whales 

 from very great depths in the ocean, and some typical examples 

 of various deep-sea deposits ; (2) Microscopic preparations, in- 

 cluding plankton organisms, zeolitic crystals, cosmic dust, sections 

 of rocks, minerals, and organic remains from great depths. These 

 exhibits were displayed on tables in the Society's usual meeting 

 room, and the members of The Microscopical Society of Glasgow 

 placed at the disposal of this Society about forty microscopes for 

 use on the occasion. 



Thereafter the meeting was adjourned to the large hall of the 

 Philosophical Institution, where Dr. John Murray, Ph.D., F.R.S., 

 F.R.S.E., F.L.S., F.G.S., F.S.A. Scot., Director of the "Challenger" 

 Expedition Commission, and Honorary Member of this Society, 

 delivered a lecture on "The Greater Depths of the Ocean" to an 

 audience which completely filled the place of meeting. The lecture 

 was illustrated by maps showing the depths, temperatures, &c., of 

 the oceans of the globe, and by many lantern slides representative 

 of surface organisms, fishes, and the curious forms found at great 

 depths ; it was followed with intense interest throughout. 

 At the close of the lecture the thanks of the Society were accorded 

 very heartily, on the motion of Mr. Alexander Somerville, B.Sc, 

 r.L.S., seconded by Mr. Peter Ewing, F.L.S., Vice-President. 



