go Annual Business Meeting. [Sess. 



Mounting of ]\Iineral Sections, by Mr J. A. Johnston. The 

 Society's room at 20 George Street was inconveniently crowded 

 at most of these meetings, and the use of a larger room has 

 been kindly granted, where the meetings of both departments 

 will be held next Session. 



A few of the members of the Microscopic Section contributed 

 to the monthly meetings of the Society various exhibits of 

 Microscopic apparatus and preparations ; and two interesting 

 papers, on subjects connected with Microscopy, by Messrs 

 Penman and Forgan, are printed in extenso in the Society's 

 ' Transactions ' for the present Session {ante, pp. 21, 56). 



The Annual Conversazione, which took place in the Free- 

 mason's Hall on March 29, partook largely, as in former years, 

 of the character of a Natural History and Microscopic exhibi- 

 tion. The exhibits were numerous and varied, illustrating 

 nearly every department of Natural History ; while about 

 seventy microscopes were placed, under which were shown a 

 most interesting series of preparations, including animal and 

 vegetable tissues, fungi, crystals, minerals, insect parts, diatoms, 

 foraminifera, &c. These were examined by the large company 

 present with keen enjoyment. As on a former occasion, the 

 Albany Orchestral Society kindly supplied the music, aided by 

 Messrs Chumley and Campbell. 



ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. 



The Annual Business Meeting of the Society was held in the 

 Hall, 20 George Street, on the evening of the 26th October 

 1887, — Mr Herbert, ex-President, in the Chair. From the 

 Pieport submitted by the Secretary, it appeared that in all 

 27 meetings had been held during tlie past Session, 10 of these 

 being indoor meetings,^ and 17 field meetings. The following 

 list gives the dates and localities of these meetings, viz. : — 



Indoor Meetings: (1) Anmial Meeting — Oct. 22, 1886. 

 (2) Ordinary Evening Meetings, 1886 — Nov. 24, Dec. 22 ; 



' This does not include the meetings of the Jlicroscopic Section, wliich are re- 

 corded separately, ante, p. 89. 



