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notice. The most interesting among them is a specimen of a large 

 worm, over two feet long, which bears a strong resemblance to 

 Nereites Gamhrensis of Sedgwick. 



MEETING, October 9, 1872. 

 The President in the Chair. 



The second meeting for the term was held on Wednesday, 

 October 9, in the Chemical Lecture-room. Twenty-eight members 

 were present. 



The minutes of the last meeting having been read, the President 

 announced the following donations : — British Shells, from Mr 

 Wheeler, the Mall, Clifton ; SheUs, from Mr Wheeler, Clifton ; 

 the Greater and Lesser Ferns (from Scotland), by Eev. R. B. 

 Poole ; Crabs, Echini, Brittle-stars, Sand-stars, from Tenby, by J. 

 G. Grenfell, Esq. ; a Twig inc rusted with carbonate of calcium, 

 from West Indies, by Darling. 



The President announced the election of Teague, Peck, J. Evans 

 Tomasson, Mordaunt, and R. M. Johnston as members of the 

 Society. He then called on W. A. Smith, O.C., to read his 

 paper on ' Catalysis,' which was illustrated by many effective 

 experiments. 



The President thanked Smith in the name of the Society for 

 his paper ; and congratulated the Society on the fact that two of 

 the members present, W. A. Smith and W. Wood, had lately 

 gained scholarships at Oxford, and expressed the good wishes of 

 the Society for the future success of the two scholars at the 

 University to which they were immediately going. 



The following Heads of Sections were elected : — For Zoology, 

 Allen ; Entomology, Rev. J. Greene ; Archaeology, J. Jose, Esq. ; 

 Geology, J. G. Grenfell, Esq. The President proposed that the 

 Chemical and Physical Sections should for the present unite their 

 forces. This was seconded by R. M. Johnston, and carried. For 

 this section Duncuft, proposed by Allen and seconded by A. 

 Darley, was elected. 



W. Wood, O.C., proposed by A. Darley and seconded by 

 Duncuft, was elected a Corresponding Member. W. A. Smith, 

 O.C, proposed by Stone and seconded by Johnston, was also 

 elected Corresponding Member. 



