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The papers read at the ordinary meetings have been both 

 varied and interesting. The following is a list : — 



1885. — October : On " Forestry in India," being an Inaugural 

 Address by the President, Dr. Joseph Ewart, 

 M.R.C.P. 



„ November : On " Contributions of the Animal and 

 Vegetable World to our light and cleanliness," 

 by Mr. Leopold Field, F.C.S., lecturer at the 

 International Health Exhibition. 



„ December : On " The Bee ; a problem in Evolution," 

 by Mr. Benjamin Lomax, F.L.S. 



1886. — January : On " Fossil Birds with teeth," by Mr. 

 Edward Crane, F.G.S. 



,, February : On " Volcanoes and Volcanic Action," by 

 Mr. Edward Alloway Pankhurst, F.G.S. 



„ April : On " The Atom ; its Nature and surround- 

 ings," by E. J. Petifourt, B.A. 



„ May: On " Characteristics of Enthusiasm, — a psycho- 

 logical Study," by Dr. W. Ainslie Hollis, 



The Committee are endeavouring to make arrangements for 

 the publication of the papers read before the Society. 



At a special general meeting of the Society held on the 30th 

 of September last the members decided to discontinue holding 

 Microscopical meetings on the 4th Thursday in the month and 

 resolved that Microscopical subjects should, at the discretion of the 

 Committee, be introduced occasionally at the ordinary meetings. 

 At the Microscopical meeting in October, 1885 and at the ordinary 

 meetings in June, 1885, and March, 1885 amongst other subjects the 

 following objects and specimens were exhibited and described : — 

 Polycistina, by Mr. J. E. Haselwood ; Tipula Oleracea, by Mr. E. 

 J. Petifourt, B.A. ; Section through hand of human Embryo, and 

 Section of Lung, by Mr. H. Edmonds, B.Sc. ; Section of a Meteorite 



