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to Purley and Whyteleafe; August 11th, to Netley Heath and 
Gomshall; and some of our members availed themselves of this 
invitation. 
Eveninc Meretines. 
February 20th. — The Report of the Meteorological Section, 
prepared by Mr. F’. Campbell-Bayard, was read, and was printed 
in the ‘ Transactions’ for last year. 
Dr. H. F. Parsons also read a short paper on ‘‘ Earth Tem- 
peratures,” which has also been printed in our ‘ Transactions.’ 
March 20th.—The paper of the evening was entitled ‘‘ Colour 
Photography applied to the Record and Delineation of Natural 
History Subjects,” by Mr. W. Saville Kent. This paper was 
illustrated by lantern slides. (See Trans., art. 147.) 
April 10th.—Mr. Edward Lovett contributed a paper on ‘‘ The 
Habits of the Lobsters, Crabs, Shrimps, and Prawns of the 
British Isles.” The paper was illustrated by a very large 
collection of specimens. 
May 15th.—Mr. H.C. Collyer gave an account of ‘‘ The Stone 
Monuments of Brittany.” Illustrated by lantern slides. (See 
Trans., art. 148.) 
September 18th.—This meeting was devoted to the exhibition 
of specimens by members, and a description of them. 
Mr. Martin gave an account of Mr. Clinch’s diggings and 
search for implements at Croham Hurst and West Wickham. 
The President gave an account of the meeting of the British 
Association at Bradford. 
October 16th.—The paper of the evening was on ‘‘ The Jewellery 
of Old Japan,”’ by Mr. J. O. Pelton, illustrated by many beautiful 
specimens of Japanese work. 
Mr. Pelton said that, correctly speaking, Japan had neither 
the art of the goldsmith nor that of the jeweller. The Japanese 
of neither sex wore jewellery, no vessels of silver were placed 
upon their tables, nor vases of gold upon their altars, yet the art 
of the metal worker was carried to a high state of perfection, 
the chief object being the decoration of the sword. The vast 
majority of the best works were on metals which have virtually 
no -intrinsic value. The blade of the sword was seldom de- 
corated at all, the ornamentation being lavished upon the guard. 
The subjects of the decorations were innumerable. -They were 
taken from Old Japan—its history, its art, its civilization, its 
religion, and its domestic life—all were represented on delicate 
