Third Session— 1875-6. 



Professor H. Alleyne Nicholson — The Daiun of Life, with special 

 reference to tlie Lauretdian Rochs and Eozoon Canadense ; Alfred Gdthrib 

 — Presidential Address, Introductory; Frederick Smith — Life of the 

 Cretaceous Age; James Durham — Physical Geology of Scotland; Albert 

 Grothe — Physical Features and Natural History of Java (two papers) ; 

 A. Grothe and Wm. Morrison — Discussion : The Them-y of Evolution ; 

 John Hood — How to Construct ami Maintain an Aqtiatium ; John W. 

 Jaffray — Structure of the House Fly; Robert Shepherd — Structure of 

 the Saw Fly; G. D. Macdougald — Detection of Adulterants in the more 

 common Articles of Food; Wm. Morrison — The Stnictv^ral Basis of 

 Classification in Floivering Plants. 



DUNDEE NATURALISTS' SOCIETY. 



The Fourth Annual Meeting was held in Lamb's Hotel on 

 Thursday Evening, November 1, 1877 — Mr Grothe, President, 

 in the chair. 



After the transaction of some ordinary business, the Eeport and 

 Treasurer's Statement were read and adopted, and it was ordered 

 that they should be printed and circulated among the members. 



The election of Officers and Council was then proceeded with, 

 and resulted as shown on another page. 



The Secretaries of Sections read reports of their departments 

 to the meeting. These were adopted ; and the proceedings then 

 closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman. 



