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but the idea is good, and may perhaps be better carried out in 

 the future. The Evening Entomological Class, conducted by 

 Messrs. R. Newstead and Arkle, did fairly well. 



The Annual Conversazione was held somewhat earlier than 

 usual, namely, on September the 8th. This was arranged in 

 order that our President might be with us, who was attending 

 the Meeting of the British Association at Manchester. The 

 Association made a visit to Chester a special feature of their 

 proceedings. The Management Committee of the Grosvenor 

 Museum placed the whole building at our disposal for the 

 occasion. The Art Rooms at the top of the building were 

 utilized for the display of Microscopes, which again afforded as 

 much interest and proved as attractive as in the old days when 

 we had the Council Chamber at the Town Hall. The gathering 

 in the evening was unique, and will be long remembered, owing 

 to the presence of the many distinguished scientific foreigners, 

 who came with the British Association. We had the privilege 

 of electing three of them as Honorary Members — Dr. Sterry 

 Hunt, Montreal ; Professor Villanova-y-Piera, of Madrid ; 

 and Abbe Renard, Belgium. There were also present 

 Professor Storms, Berlin ; Professor Tirkel, Sweden ; 

 MoNs. Greven, Belgium ; Dr. Otto Jarell, Sweden ; Mons. 

 LoHOST, Director of the Liege University ; and Sir Robert S. 

 Ball, Astronomer Royal of Ireland. There were many interesting 

 speeches made, and our foreign friends paid us the compliment 

 of showing the interest they took in the English language 

 and in English thought, by addressing us in our own language. 

 The Kingsley Memorial Medal was on this occasion presented 

 to Mr. W. Shone, F.G.S., by our President, who spoke most 

 highly of the Geological work done by Mr. Shone, especially in 

 relation to the Boulder Clay of the neighbourhood. The 

 Kingsley Memorial Prize was given to Mr. J. Lyon Denson 

 for his Notes and Observations with respect to the Natural 

 History of the District. The Rooms and Exliibition were kept 

 open for a second evening, giving an opportunit}' for a more 



