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Mr. W. PuTTiCK exhibited Water Spider and Air Tubes of 

 Cockroacb. 



Mr. R. Glaisyee, Young Oysters. 



Mr. T. Glatsyer, Diatoms, mounted by Mollcr. 



Rev. Mr. Salt, Sea Weed and Marine objects from the Brighton 

 Aquarium. 



December loth. 

 ORDINARY MEETING.— " SPECIMEN EVENING." 



THE LATE MR. G. SCOTT. 



Mr. WoNPOE, one of the Hon. Secretaries, said it was with 

 exceedingly painful feelings he alluded to the sad loss which the 

 society and the town had sustained in the death of Mr. George 

 Scott, the Curator of the Free Library and Museum, the honorary 

 librarian, and a vice-president of the society. His heart had been 

 thoroughly with them, and in his official capacity this was. 

 particularly manifested by his bringing them into the room in 

 which their meetings were held, and welcoming their presence there 

 a few months ago. As an intimate friend, he had always found 

 him a kind gentleman and a true Christian ; and he did not know 

 that anything had ever come upon him with such a severe shock as 

 the intimation of his death. His object in I'ising at that time was 

 to propose that the condolence of the society at the loss sustained 

 by the removal of Mr. Scott from a sphere of useful action should 

 be conveyed to the relatives of the deceased. 



Mr. J. C. Onions, the other Hon. Sec, seconded the motion, 

 and, with Mr. J. B. Hasel wood, the ex-Pi'csident. also paid a fitting 

 tribute to the memory of their late member. 



The President (Mr. Alderman Cox) and Mr. J. Dennant 

 likewise spoke in sympathetic terms of the loss ; and Mr. Wonfor 

 read a letter from Mr. C. F. Dennet, conveying an expression of 

 that gentleman's exceeding regret, because of bis inability to be 

 present to state how deeply he felt the loss sustained in the demise 



