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was voted for this purpose, and, by the generous aid of PETER 
Wa ker, Esq., who contributed a further sum of twenty pounds, 
the Committee have been enabled to enlarge their battery by the 
addition of twenty Grove-cells, and to obtain a large air-pump, an 
induction coil giving a ten-inch spark, and some other valuable 
apparatus. 
The Committee believe that the establishment of a physical 
laboratory, in connection with the Society, would be an inestimable 
boon to the Members, not only properly to illustrate the common 
properties of matter, but also to bring experimentally before them 
the modern discoveries in various branches of science. 
Although the attendance at the General Meeting has been large, 
the Committee regret that more of the Members do not come 
forward with Papers, or help in the practical work of the Society 
in some way. 
During the year the following Papers have been read :— 
1876. 
Oct. 31st.—‘*On the Deep Sea Mollusca of the present and the past,” by 
Mr. W. SHONE, F.G.S., of Chester. 
Nov. 21.--*‘On the ‘ Challenger’ Soundings and Dredgings,” by Dr. H. 
STOLTERFOTH, M.A., of Chester. 
Dec. 12.—‘‘ An Outline Sketch of the Geology of North Wales,” by Mr. D. C. 
1877 , Davizs, F.G.S8., of Oswestry. 
Jan. 4.—“'The Great Unconformities in Wales,” by Pror. T. McKenny 
HuGHES, M.A., F.G.S., of Cambridge. 
Jan. 23,—‘‘ On the recent discoveries in the Arctic Circumpolar Regions,” by 
Mr. D. MackintosH, F.G.S. 
Feb. 27.—‘*On the Theory of Sound in relation to Music,” (illustrated by 
experiments), by Mr. W. H. Munns, B.A., B.Sc. 
Mar. 13.—‘‘ How to distinguish our Common Flowering Plants,” by Mr. G. 
Cross, of Chester. 
27.—“* The Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye,” by Dr. EYTon-JONEs. 
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April 24.—“ Voltaic Electricity,” (with experiments), by Mr. Davip JOHNSON, 
F.G.8., F.C.S. 
