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The four Sections into which the Society is divided, have each, 
in rotation, taken a Thursday evening, and at their Meetings 
the following Papers have been read and discussed :— 
BOTANICAL SECTION. 
Nov. 9th—Opening Address by the Chairman, Mr. J. Price, M.A. 
Dec. 1ith—‘‘ A Peep at the Pyrenees,” by Mr. P. H. FLercueEr. 
Feb. 8th—‘‘ How to examine Flowering Plants, so as to determine their 
Names and the Orders to which they belong,” by Mr. G. Cross. 
March 5th—‘‘ Notes on the Fauna and Flora of the Island of Ascension,” con- 
tributed by Mz. O. A. READE (Corresponding Member.) 
April 19th—‘‘ Notes on the City Flora,” by Mr. E. J. BAILuitie. 
ZOOLOGICAL SECTION. 
Nov. 16th—‘‘ On a few of the Microscopic Siliceous Structures found in the 
Challenger Soundings and Dredgings,” by Dr. H. STOLTERFOTH. 
Jan. 11th—‘‘ Notes on Collecting and Preserving Lepidoptera,” by Mr. A. O. 
WALKER. 
Feb. 15th--‘‘ The Foraminifera and other Microzoa of Limestone Rocks,” by 
Mr. J. D. SIMDALL. e 
Mar. 22nd—‘‘ Jottings on Localities of Microscopic Collections made during the 
Society’s Excursions,” by Mr. T. SHEPHEARD, F.R.M.S. 
GEOLOGICAL SECTION. 
Noy, 23rd—‘‘ Salt: its origin and occurrence in the past and present,’ by 
Mr. G. W. SHRUBSOLE, F.G.S. 
Jan. 18th—‘“‘ Notes on some of the physical features of the Land’s End and 
Scilly Islands,” by Mr. J. MILLs. 
March 1st—‘‘ Notes on a Ramble in Eastern Switzerland, comprizing St. 
Gothard, Engadine, and the Stelvio,” by Rev. A. S. GRENFELL. 
April 5th--‘‘ How to Observe; being experiences in Field Geology,” by 
Mr. W. SHONE, F.G.S. 
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY SECTION. 
Nov. 2nd—‘‘ Color” (illustrated experimentally), by Mr. D. JOHNSON, F.G.S. 
Dec. 7th—‘‘On Thermometers, and their principles of construction,” by 
Mr. G. WaTMoUGH WEBSTER, F.C.S. 
Feb. 1st—‘‘ On the Physical Constitution of the Sun, as determined by recent 
scientific investigations,” by Mr. J. MARPLES. 
March 8th—‘t The Rain-drop, and some of its uses,” by Mr. W. M. Compr. 
April 12th—‘‘On some of the Mechanical Properties of Air,” by the Rey. 
W. T. Giuzs, M.A., F.R.G.S. 
Most of the Papers read before the Sections have been 
copiously illustrated, and the attendance good. The most 
remarkable Paper read before the Society this winter was one 
by Mr. Srppaxx on “ The Foraminifera and other Microzoa of 
the Limestone Rocks.”” In this Paper Mr. SrppaLi announced 
a real discovery; for, after most patient and laborious work 
in cutting and polishing specimens of limestone rocks, he was 
