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March 1st. 



THE ANNUAL SOIEEE. 



The sixth annual soiree in connection with this Society was 

 held m the Royal Pavilion, and proved a brilliant success This 

 soiree is one of the most important events in the year's history 

 of the Society, and is always looked forward to as an approaching 

 pleasure, and afterwards regarded as an occasion on which 

 tiiorough enjoyment and interesting instruction were combined 

 The sixtli sou-ee was inferior to none of its predecessors in any 

 respect, and superior to more than one. A large number of 

 gentlemen connected with tlie Society worked indefatigably to 

 secure a success, and they must have felt fully repaid by the 

 result for all the "pleasurable trouble" they undertook The 

 magnificent rooms were tastefully decorated with plants and 

 flowers by Messrs. Balchin and Nell, of the Western Road and 

 refreshments were supplied by Mr. E. Booth, of East Street 'who 

 laid the tables out in an artistic manner, and gave unbounded 

 satisfaction. 



On the tables in the several rooms were displayed numerous 

 interesting objects of natural history. There were also exhibited 

 microscopes, spectroscopes, galvanic batteries, and numerous other 

 scientific mstruments. The microscopical subjects were as 

 follows :-Mr. Duguid, eel-Uke forms in vinegar ; Dr. Massy youn- 

 oysters ; Mr. MiUs, palate of trochus ; Mr. Welsh, nerve of tootli"^ 

 Messrs. T. Rowley and Son, young jelly fish and other living 

 <.bjects; Mr. R. Glaisyer, diatomacese ; Mr. Lethbridge, sections 

 of kidney and coal ; Mr. B. Lomax, tongue of l)low-fly ; Mr. Aylen, 

 sulphate of copper ; Mr. Hazelwood, frosted silver/ Mr. T. w' 

 Wonfor, sldn of the tail of a mouse ; Mr. Dennant, pasasite of 

 bird 3 Mr. T. W. C. Wonfor, section of pearl ; Mr. G. D. Sawyer (the 

 President), spiculse of gorgonia arranged to form a pattern ; Mr. 

 J. T. Gwatkin, section of cat's tongue ; Mr. W. D. Savage, palate 



