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Jan, 20th: (1) Clothes moths, by J. Dearness. An article by James 

 Fletcher was quoted upon clothes moths, Tineola Biselliella, from 2l3rd 

 Annual Report, page 53. Samples of fabric damaged by this insect were 

 examined. 



(2) Desmids. 1st, how to collect ; 2nd, where to collect : 3rd, what 

 to collect, either as useful, beautiful or scientific oVjjects. by J. H. Bowman. 



Feb. 3rd : Study of urinary deposits and what they signify, by Dr. J. P. Burkholder. 



Feb. 20th : Two lectures were delivered by Dr. J. P. Burkholder on the Mounting 

 of Animal Tissue and Preparation and Staining. 



March 3rd : Mounting of Arimal Tissue continued. The use of the microtome, by 

 Dr. J. P. Burkholder. 



Several very interesting sections were prepared and mounted under 

 the lecturer's instructions. 

 April 7th : Three lectures were delivered on Vegetable Tissue, by J. Dearness. 



Preparation of Vegetable Tissue. 

 April 21st : Staining of Vegetable Tissue, by J. Dearness. 



When is double staining necessary 1 Alum cochineal as a stain. 

 Picro lithium carmine as a stain. Several specimens of ferns were stained. 

 May 5th : The mounting of Vegetable Tissue, by J. Dearness. 



The several specimens of ferns which were stained last evening were mounted. 



May 19th : Report on the Examination of Dawson's Pond, by J. H. Bowman, 



A mfcroscopical exchange was arranged with A. Allen, of London, Eng. 



All information as to the Society's microscopes, books and mounts, the number of 



members owning microscopes, will be found in "The Microscope," page 38, vol. 1, No. 3. 



(Washington, March, 1893.) 



All which is respectfully submitted. 



H. A. Stevenson, Secretary. 



REPOPtT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SECTION. 



With regard to the work accomplished by this section of the Society : The surround- 

 ing district of London has V:)een searched wherever an outcrop of the Vjase rock could be 

 found exposed from the overlying lacustrine and boulder drift. The bed of both forks of 

 the river Thames as tar as Dorchester and St. Marys in one direction, and Kilworth and 

 Komoka in the other, including a very good exposure of the quarries at Springbank, as 

 also some miles of the river midway, were searched and found to yield many good speci- 

 mens of Phalops, Bufo, Strophomena, Spirifers, Stricklandia, Orthis, Spirigera and a very 

 peculiar specimen of the squid tribe, possibly an Omioceras. Some of the members have 

 extended their researches further afield, and in the gorge of the Grand River at Elora 

 and Gait have unearthed Phragmoceras, Oncoceras, Megalomus Canadensis, Lituiter, 

 Belleroyhon — a fine specimen of the last was obtained from the cliff above Wiarton. The 

 Rev. C. H. Andras, who has lately joined the society and has proved a very active 

 member, has added very much to the knowledge of the fossils and minerals of this portion 

 of Ontario and has visited also the mineral regions north of Lake Huron, discovering 

 traces of gold in a blue quartz matrix in various districts along a line of 200 miles follow- 

 ing the route of the C. P. R., specimens of which, as well as those of the copper, nickel 

 and silver of these districts of mineral wealth have been exhibited to the societv and now 

 form a portion of the private collection of the professor at Huron College. 



During the year a report appeared in the local press that coal had been discovered in 

 the Lambton formation at Kettle Point. To verify this the chairman (Dr. Woolverton) 

 accompanied by Prof's. Andras and Sherwood, visited the district in question and found 

 thin bands of bituminous coal in the Devonian shale which crop out at this point. It is 

 questionable^ however, whether workable coal could be obtained here, for a few miles 



