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Poisonous Fungi, and mentioned the different localities where they 
were to be procured. 
The Winter Lectures were postponed for some time, owing to 
the support this Society gave to the Cambridge University Exten- 
sion Lectures. A course of eleven Lectures was given by R. D- 
Roberts, M.A., on “ Physical Geography,” and, at the conclusion, 
twenty-six candidates presented themselves for examination, of 
whom five passed in the first class—one with distinction, and sixteen 
in the second class. The Committee are pleased to learn, that these 
lectures have been successful in a pecuniary respect. 
After this course of lectures was finished, a very able Address 
was given by the President, R. Ferguson, Esq., M.P. 
On the whole, the lectures and the evening meetings were 
well attended. 
Two rooms have been added to the Museum, which has been 
cleaned and re-arranged. 
The Harkness Collection has been piovneshiars arranged, by 
Mr. J. G. Goodchild and Mr. Colvin, to whom the Museum Com- 
mittee are much indebted ; also to the former, for his advice and 
assistance in many other ways. The Committee contributed £15 
out of the Society’s funds towards the expense of the cases for the 
Harkness Collection. 
During the past Session, the Committee have distributed 
about 170 copies of the Zransactions, and will continue to distribute 
as subscriptions are received and new members enrolled. About 
forty new members have been enrolled since last year. 
The Committee would urge upon the members of this Society, 
the advisability of procuring for the Museum all objects of local 
interest, which should be accompanied, as much as possible, by 
notes relating to any points of interest, and should be placed in 
the charge of the different sub-curators appointed by the Museum 
Committee, a list of whom may be seen in the Museum. 
