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given up, namely, those on Magnetism and Electricity and 
Steam. 
The other classes have been fairly well attended, and on the 
whole successful. The total number of Students under instruction 
during the Session, was 48, and of this number 41 intend to present 
themselves for Examination by the Department during the present 
month, 
ZOOLOGICAL SECTION. 
The first Session of this Section was held during the summer of 
last year. Twelve lectures were given on the outlines of Zoology ; 
the lectures were illustrated by numerous diagrams, and by over 
two hundred specimens of the Animal Kingdom. 
A number of specimens were also exhibitedjby the Microscope. 
There were also two Aquaria, marine and fresh water, for ob- 
serving the habits of aquatic animals. About thirty Members 
attended the course, which it is proposed to resume next Winter 
Session, for which some interesting papers are already promised. 
BOTANICAL SECTION. 
The Members of the Botanical Section have been diligently 
searching the district during the past season. They have collected 
a number of specimens, which they purpose handing to the 
Curator as soon as they are mounted and named. 
Discoveries of Plants new to them have been made in various 
parts of the district. They are now engaged in preparing a 
complete list of all Plants observed by them, which will be offered 
for publication in the next part of the Transactions of the 
Cumberland Association. 
The list of Plants will include the Flowering Plants, the Grasses, 
the Ferns, the Lichens, the Mosses, and the Diatoms. 
