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There were eight Excursions during the past year, and the 
following places visited :— 
May 6th ......06. cide « shdbye « Ghesfords 
[Lite Ca acbeoae euaseit tidlan/e tats Pant Du. 
(PUNE VIG" sec ewes ee conn Helsby and Frodsham. 
MALY 5 tM | ore sys\she-s her t obiviniy «ahs Minera Mountain. 
StL y P2OCL weet casio six sierpiecie Mostyn Park and Whitford 
LAS oust AEH PE ANS ahi ote Rhyd-y-mwyn Valley 
Sepia ties ot we sicp,<.4 042 014 5 Eglwyseg Rocks and Llangollen. 
October 12th ..............Staffordshire Potteries. 
It will be seen that many of these are old spots revisited. 
It is as impossible always to find new ground, as it is impossi- 
ble to exhaust old localities; and as we generally contrive new 
routes the country becomes better known, and its resources 
better recognised. At Minera we had the pleasure of our 
President’s company. The journey was by road, and the 
day thoroughly enjoyable. Our last Excursion of the season 
to the Potteries, was a little out of our usual routine ; still, the 
excursion was popular and instructive, and our best thanks are 
due to the Rev. J. L. Beprorp, who took all the trouble of 
the arrangements. 
The Thursday Evening Walks, arranged for the summer 
months, ought to prove instructive. Leaders are appointed who 
do their best to make the walks interesting to any of the 
Members who care to avail themselves of the opportunity of 
increasing their knowledge of the district. 
The Annual Conversazione was held Sept. z9th, 1881, in 
the Town Hall, kindly lent us by the Mayor (C. Brown, EsqQ.), 
when the rooms were, as usual, crowded. Unfortunately, our 
President was absent, as he was attending the Bologna 
International Geological Congress. With his usual kindness, 
however, he gave us, on his return in October, a most 
interesting and lively lecture, the result of his journey and 
experience in all its freshness. 
The Kingsley Memorial Medal was presented at the Conver- 
sazione by Mr. A. O. WALKER to Mr. D. MacxintTosu, F.G.S., 
for his geological researches in the neighbourhood of Chester, 
and as some slight acknowledgment of a life spent in trying 
