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The Annual Conversazione was largely attended by 
Members and their friends, who displayed a keen interest 
in the various exhibits, a number of which were this year 
quite new to us—notably that of the various species of 
Salmonide from the Earl of Denbigh’s Fish Hatcheries, at 
Holywell, which was kindly superintended by J. Basil 
Feilding, Esq. 
Your Committee tender to the working members of the 
Paxton Society their best thanks for the helpful assistance 
given at the Conversazione; and also in organising the 
Exhibition of Spring Flowers recently held in the Museum. 
During the Winter Session there were eight General 
Meetings and sixteen Sectional Meetings, as follows :— 
GENERAL MEETINGS. 
1900. 
Oct. 17th—Annual Conversazione. 
Nov. tst—‘‘Flightless Birds’’?—Dr. WIGGLESWORTH (Rainhill). 
Dec. 6th—‘‘ Above the Snow Line””—REvV. FRANK JAMES, M.A. (Rossett). 
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Jan. 1oth—‘“ Up in a Balloon’””—Miss GERTRUDE BACON (of Newbury). 
Feb. 7th—‘ The Seine, from Rouen to Paris”—Rrv. W. N. HowE, M.A. 
5, 28th—‘* Some Recent Discoveries, and their bearing on the Constitution 
of Matter” —Rev. A. H. FisH, B.A., B.Sc. 
Mar. 7th—‘‘The Nose”: A Guardian of Health—Dr. J. T. ROBERTS. 
The above Lectures were illustrated by Lantern Slides, &c. 
Apr. 25th—Exhibition of Spring Flowers, by 
MEMBERS OF THE CHESTER PAXTON SOCIETY AND OTHERS. 
SECTIONAL MEETINGS. 
BOTANICAL. 
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Jan. 17th—‘*‘ Notes on the Flora of Wirral,” by 
Dr. C. THEODORE GREEN (Birkenhead). 
ZOOLOGICAL. 
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Mar. 21st—‘‘ Ornithological Notes,”” by DR. W. HENRY DOBIE. 
‘Entomological Notes,” by 
Dr. HERBERT DOBIE AND MR. J. ARKLE. 
‘«‘ A Problem in Distribution,” by Mr. CHAS. OLDHAM. 
‘‘ Notes from my Diary,” by Mr. R. NEWSTEAD, F.E,S. 
Apr. t1th- -‘* Personal Observations on Insect Life,” by MR. J. ARKLE. 
