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Dr. John Bell read a paper entitled " Notes on a cruise in the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence." 



Mr. A. T. Drummond read an essay "On the introduced 

 plants of Ontario and Quebec. 



SOMERVILLE LECTURES. 



Four lectures of this series have at present been delivered, as 

 follows : 



1. January 21st, 1869. On Paloeozoic land Animals; by the 

 President. 



2. January 28th, 1869. On the Chemistry of the Soap manu- 

 facture ; by Dr. John Baker Edwards F. C. S. 



3. February 11th, 1369. On the Zoology of the Bible; by 

 Rev. A. De Sola L. L. D. 



4. February 25th, 1869; On Primoeval Chemistry; by Dr. T. 

 Sterry Hunt F. R. S. 



CONVERSAZIONE. 



The 7th Annual Conversazione was held at the Rooms on 

 Thursday evening, February 18th, and was well attended. Music 

 was given by Herr Mayerhofer and pupils, by the Germania glee 

 club, and by Mr. Brandt. Philosophical instruments were contri- 

 buted by the authorities of McGill College, and microscopes, with 

 objects, by members of the Microscopic club. 3Ir. C. Baillie 

 illuminated the Museum with the electric light, and Dr. J. Baker 

 Edwards exhibited Plateau's soap bubbles. Mr. Hoss illustrated 

 the operation of his new automatic fire alarm signal box, and 

 contributed a small aquarium containing living sea anemones 

 from the Clyde. Dr. Bell exhibited a series of the Plants of 

 Newfoundland, Mr. J. P. Clark photographs and prints, and other 

 gentlemen contributed interesting Zoological specimens. During 

 the evening the following address was delivered by the President, 

 Principal Dawson. 



Ladies and Gentle.men : — It is my pleasing duty to bid you 

 welcome to the Seventh Annual Conversazione of this Society — a 

 Society which has not ceased, since its incorporation in 1832, to 

 labour for the promotion in this city of a taste for natural science 

 and allied subjects ; and this, with marked success. In addition to 

 its Lectures and meetings, I may mention as a permanent monu- 

 ment of its utility, the issue of nine volumes of its Proceedings, 

 containing more than 4,000 pages of matter of the highest scieuti- 



