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i ZOOLOGICAL. 
1898. : 
Oct. zoth—‘ Faunistic Distribution: its Problems and Perplexities,”’ by 
Mr. W. E. SHARP. 
1899. 
Jan. 19th—‘‘ Review of the past year,” by Mr. A. O, WALKER, F.L.S. 
‘« Moth Visitors at the Electric Lamps,” by Dk. HERBERT DOBIE. 
‘‘The Bird Colonies of the Skerries ”’ ; 
‘¢The Middle Mouse and its occupants ”’ ; 
‘* Bull Bay: its characteristic Birds and Insects,” 
Notes on the above by MR. R. NEWSTEAD, F.E.S. 
GEOLOGICAL. 
1898. 
Noy. 3rd—‘Sea Beaches: their formation and cause of encroachment upon 
, receding shores,’ by Mr. W. SHONE, F.G.S. 
1899. 
Jan. 26th —‘‘ The Microscopic Structure of Coal Plants,” by 
Mr. W. W. MincGley, F R.MS. 
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 
1898. 
Nov. 1oth —‘* Combustion—Flame, luminous and non-luminous—Comparison 
of luminosity,’’ by Mr. CHAs. T. F. Watts, B.Sc., F.C.S. 
1899. 
Feb. gth—‘‘Some Methods of Telegraphy,’’ by Mr. T. HETHERINGTON. 
MICROSCOPICAL. 
1898. 
Nov. 17th—‘‘ An Exhibition of Microscopical Preparations of Spiders to 
further elucidate their Structure and Natural History, and 
as a Supplement to Dr. Dallinger’s Lecture,’”’ by 
THE CHAIRMAN, assisted by Mr. NEWSTEAD & others. 
PHOTOGRAPHIC, 
1898. 
Dec. 1st—‘‘ Demonstration of Platinotype Printing,” by 
Mr. G. WATMOUGH WEBSTER, F.C.S. 
1899, 
Feb. 23rd—‘‘ An Alpine Holiday,’’ by Rev. F. JAMEs, M.A. 
Apr. 13th—Exhibition of Lantern Slides, by MEMBERS OF THE SECTION. 
LITERATURE. 
1898. 
‘Dec. 8th—‘ Lewis Carroll,” by Mr. H. G. PHILLIpson, B.A. 
1899. 
Mar. 2nd—‘‘The Characters of Theophrastus,”’ by 
Rev. CLEMENT BIRD, M.A. 
ASTRONOMICAL. 
1898. 
Dec. 15th—‘‘ The Spangled Heavens,” by Dr. H. WHICHELLO. 
1899, 
Mar, 16th——‘‘ From Greenwich to Yerkes,” by , 
Mr. R. C. JoHNson, F.R.A.S. 
G. P. MILN, ~’ Hon. Gen. 
W. F. J. SHEPHEARD, § Secretaries. 
May 11TH, 1899. 
