PREFACE. 



s the records of the various sections show, this year 

 has been by no means an idle one. A considerable 

 amount of work has been done, and an increasing 

 amount of keenness is visible amongst members of 

 the Society. 



The Museum still wants a great deal of arranging and setting 

 in order before it can be regarded as satisfactory, but a certain 

 amount of progress has been made during the year, the mineralogical 

 collection having been re-arranged and -a good deal of room made 

 for the display of other objects during the course of re-arrangement. 

 The Griffiths' collection is temporarily on view in one of the centre 

 cases, but will gradually be further arranged and more space given 

 to it. 



We have to mourn the loss of Mr. Macdonald and Mr. Tanner as 

 heads of the Photographical and Ornithological Sections, over which 

 they have so kindly and so energetically presided, Mr. Youngman 

 has consented to become President of the former Section and Mr. 

 Montford of the latter. 



The lectures to the Society have been very well attended and we 

 have several times felt the awkwardness of having no room inter- 

 mediate between the Chemical Lecture Theatre and the Big Classical 

 in size. 



The Botanical Section is to be congratulated on the large list of 

 flowers and their dates of first recorded blossomings, which are of 

 great scientific value. 



It is somewhat to be deplored that there is no Microscopical 

 Section of the Society, if any members, who could bring back 

 microscopes from home, would care to form such a section, no doubt 

 arrangements could be made and objects procured for the section to 

 examine and discuss. 



The thanks of the Society are due to Dr. Pruen and Dr. Wilson 

 for having been so kind as to give Lectures to us. Of one of these 

 Lectures we are able to print an account. 



