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The General Meetings have certainly been of a high ciass, 
and in no previous year has a better programme been before 
our Members The names of those who gave the Lectures are 
sufficient guarantee that we were privileged to hear men who 
were thorough masters of their subject, and the Lectures were 
well attended. 
The five Sections into which the Society is divided have 
also met weekly in rotation during the past winter, and the 
following is the list of the Papers read and discussed :— 
1882. BOTANICAL SECTION. 
Nov. 23—Opening Address—‘ Last traces of the Leprauchins” by MR. 
1883. J. Pricr, M.A., Chairman. 
Jan. 11—‘ An elementary view of Fungi: their structure and classification,” 
by Mr. T. BENNION ACTON. 
Mar. 1—‘*The American Water-weed: Anacharis Alsinastrum, &aé. ; its 
structure and habit ; with Notes on the probable causes of its 
rapid distribution over Great Britain, and its apparent present 
diminution,” by Mr. J. D. SIDDALL. 
April 12—“ The educational value of the study of the Science of Botany,” 
by Mr. ALFRED W. Lucas, F.R.G.S. 
All the Papers in this Section were good, but we must 
especially notice the one given by Mr. Sippati. His subject 
was of local interest, and admirably treated, and we have to 
congratulate him on a discovery of great importance with 
regard to the structure and functions of the Anacharis. We 
look forward to seeing the Paper in print in our next number 
of the Society’s Proceedings. 
1882. ZOOLOGICAL SECTION. 
Dec. 7—‘* Review of the past year,” by Mr. A. O. WALKER, F.L.S., 
1883. Chairman. 
Jan. 8—‘ On Shells,” by MR. J. C. WARD. 
Mar. 8—‘‘ The modifications of the Mouth and its Appendages, and their 
adaptation to the requirements of different Animals,” by MR. 
C. F. FIsH. 
April 2o—“On some of the recent Land Mollusca found in the district, with 
hints to Collectors,” by Mr. G. W. SHRUBSOLE, F.G.S. 
The ‘“ Reviews of the year,” by Mr. A. O. WALKER, will 
be of permanent value, and we hope to draw from them for 
