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GENERAL. 



JAISTAET 7th, 1875.— At the first evening^ Meeting of year, 

 Dr. Burder read '' An Account of the Eainfall in Bristol during 

 1874;" this was printed by order of the Council in last part 

 (Yol. I, Part 2.) Mr. Leipner then made a communication on the 

 " Land and Freshwater Mollusca of the Bristol District," exhibiting 

 a collection of all^the species; the list was printed in Yol. I., 

 part 2. 



February 4th, 1875. — Dr. H. Fripp, Yice-President, gave a 

 lecture, entitled "A chapter on the choice of a Microscope," illus- 

 trated with a large collection of instruments, both English and 

 foreign, — the advantages of each being gone into in some detail. 

 Keference was made to Dr Abbe's writings, a translation of part of 

 which was printed in Yol. I., Part 2, and a second instalment 

 in the present Part. 



March 4th, 1875.— Mr. W, W. Stoddart, P.G.S., F.C.S., gave a 

 verbal exposition of the continuation of his paper on the Geology of 

 the District, viz., Part III., Carboniferous. The text appears above. 

 In the discussion which ensued, Mr. Grenfell doubted whether 

 Terelratula hastata was found so low down as the author had put it 

 From the Gully quarry he had obtained a fine example of corals 

 Michelinea and Syringopora, and a unique Aviculo-pecten. The 

 iron-ore deposits he considered were of Triassic age; and as a 

 source of the iron, suggested that it may have been derived from 



