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Members showed their appreciation of a visit to these Works 

 by a good attendance. We have especially to thank the 

 Managers of these Works for the facilities they afforded us 

 in visiting all the departments. 



The Evening Rambles were continued on the same plan as 

 last year, and some of them were quite as largely attended as 

 our more extended excursions, and perhaps more real work 

 done. The Committee again hope to organize these during the 

 summer. 



Ths Annual Conversazione took place on the Evenings of 

 the 7th and 8th of October. This was a new arrangement, and 

 one that we hopi^d would offer more facilities to our Members 

 for seeing thoroughly all the objects collected for the occasion. 



On Wednesday Evening, the 7th, His Grace the Duke 

 OF Westminster presented the Kingsley Memorial Medal to 

 Mr. J. D. SiDDALL, and jndging by the general applause which 

 greeted his name, we are sure our Members felt that the 

 highest honour our Society has to confer had fallen on a worthy 

 recipient — one who has done much good original scientific work, 

 and, as a teacher, inspired and promoted a love for the study 

 of nature. This was followed by an address by Sir Henry 

 Eoscoe, F.E.S., who presented the Kingsley Memorial Prize 

 to Mr. E,. New&tead for his collection of the Lepidoptera and 

 Coleoptera of the district, as well as the Prizes and Certificates 

 gained at the May Examination by the successful students of 

 the Chester School of Science. There were, in addition, two 

 short lectures by the Pet. A. H. Fish, on the " Spectrum and 

 Colour," and " Spectrum Analysis," in which he was assisted by 

 Mr. E. Binyux, from Owens' College, so that the first evening 

 was one of varied interest. 



On the Evening of Thursday, the 8th, the Lord Bishop 

 OF the Diocese presided, and there were a number of short 

 lectures given by Members of the Society — 



Dr. Stolterfoth "On Diatoms and their fossil distribution." 



Mr. J. D. SiDDALL " Foraminifera past and present." 



Mr. C. F. Fish "A Day's Dredging on the Dee." 



Mr. Shone, F.G.S " On Local Geology." 



Mr. E. J. Baillie, F.L.S. .."Weeds of the way side." 



Mr. M. Johnson " The Electric Light for the Microscope." 



On both evenings the microscopes were arranged round 

 the large Assembly Eoom of the Town Hall, instead of in the 



