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The next Lecture was delivered on Thursday, December lltli, 

 by Mr. Angus Macpherson, on " Rome." It was fairly well 

 attended, the subject being an attractive one to all interested in 

 archseological and architectural subjects. The very fine slides by 

 which the Lecture was illustrated would be specially appreciated 

 by all those who had the pleasure of being present. 



The first Paper in the New Year was given by I\Ir. T. C. 

 Elgee, on Thursday, Januarj- 1.5th, whose subject was entitled 

 " Land MoUusca of Cleveland." 



The Paper was a very able one, and one that showed that 

 great care had been exercised in its preparation, and was the result 

 of some years' practical observation in the district by the Lecturer. 

 The attendance at the Lecture was extremelj^ disappointing (some 

 7 or 8 in all). No doubt the severe wintry weather deterred 

 many from turning out, but this even should not have affected it 

 to the extent that only some i^eL-en members attended out of a 

 membership of about 120. 



The Lecturer, after giving a brief description of the 

 characteristics of MoUusca habits, etc., gave a more detailed 

 description of some of the sjsecies that occur in the Cleveland 



district. 



The Paper M'as illustrated by means of specimens of shells 

 locally collected. 



A vote of thanks was proposed to the Lecturer by T. Y. 

 Howcroft, seconded bv ^I. Wolstenholme, and supported by the 

 President, T. F. Ward. 



The Lecture down for February 1 ith, to be given bj- the 

 Rev. W. Lower Carter, M.A., F.G.S., and for which circulars 

 were sent out, was unavoidably postponed oAving to the serious 

 illness of the Lecturer. 



On March 18th an Exhibition IMeeting was held, when a 

 very interesting series of exhibits were made by Dr. W. Y. Yeiteh, 

 F.G.S., and others. 



Dr Yeiteh exhibited among other things the following : — 

 A collection of shells (named) from Raised Beach near Odde, 

 Norway, especiallj' interesting in so far as they are similar in 

 almost all respects to what would be taken in raised beaches that 



