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and moths taken at Rose Hill, Brighton; Mr. T. J. Cooper, electro- 
magnetic machine; Mr. Butcher, British butterflies, moths, and 
beetles ; Capt. Marshall Hall, sponge, pheronema grayii; General 
Worster, diatom casts by Dr. Maddox, photograph of the original 
chart of the solar spectrum, drawn by Fraunhofer, and foot of Indian 
elephant made into a footstool ; Mr. Quartermain, cork model of Old 
London Bridge; Mr. Stroudley, working models of railways, safety 
carriages, and safety switches. 
Mr. Wonfor, case of copper ore from Burra Burra mine, Australia, 
leaf from Himalayan stream, covered with crystals of carbonate of 
lime and tufa deposited on moss ; Mr. Wonfor, jun., nine cases of 
British butterflies, a collection of moths taken last year, and two rare 
- moths, one taken near Brighton and the other in Buckingham-place ; 
Mr. Saunders, very fine corals from Red Sea, curious fish from Suez 
Canal, and 150 specimens of woods used in manufactures ; Mr. H. 
Pratt, sketches of lunar scenery and:of planets, shewing colouring, and 
of several rare British insects ; a new form of spectroscope devised, 
made, and exhibited by H. Pratt and illuminated with magnesium 
light by Dr. Dawson ; Miss King, revolving stereoscope ; Mr. Aylen, 
nutmeg plant; Mr. Hilton, dried head of Indian chief, showing com- 
pression whilst preserving symmetry; Mrs. Branwell, minerals, 
silurian, lias, and coal fossils, including trilobites, corals, encrinites, and 
head of ichthyosaurus ; Society’s mosses, albums, &c. ; Mr. Wallis, 
jun., British birds’ eggs ; Mr. Pankhurst, collection of choice minerals 
to illustrate Ruskin’s “Ethics of Dust”; Mr. Mitten, living specimen 
of helleborus foetidus; Mr. G. Nash, photographs and new form of 
kaleidoscope ; Dr. Addison, injections by Goadby, made 30 years ago 
and still perfect; Mr. Rowsell, graphoscopes and bronzes ; Mr. 
~ Nourse, very fine collection of coins, fossil wood from Cairo, &c. ; Mr. 
Simonds, case of minerals; Mr. H. J. Nicholls, several cases of 
British birds ; Mr. W. H. Smith, samples of pure and adulterated 
food ; Dr. Ormerod, electric lamp ; Mr. E. C. Hennah, electric clocks; 
Mr. T. H. Hennah, palms, aloes, yuccas, and ferns in pots ; Mr. Pen- 
__ ley, flexible sandstone, blood stones, marbles from Agra, New Zealand 
ferns, &c. ; Mr. T. Glaisyer, fine collection of choanites from Brighton 
beach, tusk of narwhal, and water-colour drawing by Miss Glaisyer, 
showing head of narwhal, with tusk 77 s¢/w. 
: One feature of the evening was a series of ten minute addresses 
by the President, Mr. G. Scott, Messrs. SCHWEITZER and BENJAMIN 
LGMAX. 
Mr. Scorr, on the Sub-Wealden Exploration. On behalf of the — 
