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During the Meeting tlie Library, Museum and Arts Committee 

 entertained the Members to :i reception and conversazione in the 

 Museum. Tlie Mayor also invited some Members to luncheon at the 

 Town Hall. 



Mr. J. L. Bowes, Japanese Consul, invited the Members of the 

 Association to the opening of his Museum of Japanese Art and to a 

 reception. 



The next meeting will be held in Cambridge. 



Donations. 



Leaves, &c., illustrative of the nest and cocoon of the Leaf-cutting Bee, 

 Megachile centuncidaris ; presented by Mr. E,. M. Adam. 



A group of young Shells (Avicula?) on Pearl Oyster Shell from 

 Chevalpaan Bank, Gulf of Manaar ; presented by Deputy Surgeon 

 General Archer. 



A collection of Shells, &c. The collection comprised a series of British 

 Shells, with several examples of rare or fine specimens of many of the 

 species. A school cabinet is being fitted up from this donation ; presented 

 by Miss Ash ton. 



A specimen of Botryoidal Sandstone, nearly all quartz, from the 

 Manchester Ship Canal ; presented by Mr. H. C. Beasley. 



Specimens of Insects from Mauritius and Sej'chelles ; collected and 

 presented by Mr. C. E. Bewsher, Mauritius, per Dr. Drysdale. 



A specimen of Septaria, dug from a depth of 50 feet, No. 1 section of 

 the Manchester Ship Canal atEastham; presented by Mr. Mark Bloomfield 

 and Mr. T. Jones. 



A pair of Valves of Cytlierea forniosa, decorated within ; used by the 

 Japanese as puzzle toys ; presented by the Japanese Consul, Mr. J. L. 

 Bowes. 



Root of Fossil Coal Plant, Stigmaria ficoides, from the Pemberton Coal 

 Mine, Wigan ; presented by Mr. William Bullough. 



A Starfish allied to Culcita and Oreaster, and a valve of the Common 

 Cockle {Cardiuin cdule) bored by a Mollusc, the boring having been 

 covered interiorly with a diaphragm by the Cockle ; presented by Mr. 

 Isaac Byerley, f.l.s. 



