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GEOLOGICAL. 



In consequence of the Courses of Lectures given by 

 the Botanical and Literature Sections during the past 

 Session, there has been only one Meeting of this Section, 

 when Mr. O. W. Jeffs gave a ver>^ interesting Paper on 

 " From Chaos to Man : a Study in Geological Evolution," 

 illustrated bj- speciall}- prepared lantern photographs. 



Our district is exceedingly rich in various kinds of 

 rocks, ranging from the Cambrian System to the New 

 Red Sandstone, some of which contain abundant Fossils, 

 together with Cave Bones and Glacial Boulders and Shells ; 

 and an interesting and varied collection of them is now 

 displayed in our extended Natural Historj- Museum. It 

 is, therefore, hoped that arrangements will be made for 

 conversations in the Museum, that those in our Societj- 

 interested in Geologj- may have these valuable specimens 

 brought directly under their notice ; and thus an incentive 

 may be given to the stud}' of the subject in the different 

 localities from which the fossils have been obtained. 



ALFRED W. LUCAS, 

 April 25TH, 1895. Secretary. 



LITERATURE. 

 A Course of six Lectures on " England under Eliza- 

 beth" was projected. The four following were delivered : — 



1894. 

 Feb. 7 — "England and Europe in the i6th Century," by Rev. A. H. 

 Fish, B.A. 



^^ 22 — "Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots," by Rev. A. H Fish, B.A. 

 Mar. 7 — " Social Life and Customs under Elizabeth," by Rev Dr. Morris. 



,, 21 — "Trade and Commerce under Elizabeth,"' by Rev. Dr. Morris. 



The third and fourth Lectures — on " England and 

 Spain," and "Literature under Elizabeth" — were omitted, 

 to allow of the deliver}- of the two last before Dr. Morris's 

 departure from Chester. All the Lectures were illustrated 

 by Lantern Slides — many of them unique — and were well 

 attended. 



ARTHUR H. FISH. 

 April 25TH, 1895. Secretary. 



