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to add to their stores of knowledge. Having mentioned that ho 

 had had the honour of representing the Society at Croydon and 

 Bradford, and that he would rejjresent it at the forthcoming 

 meeting of the British Association at Plymouth next month, the 

 President proposed " Success to the Brighton Natural History 

 Society," and resumed his seat amid applause. — -The toast was 

 heartily drunk. 



Mr. Alderman Cox proposed " The liealth of the 

 President," who, he remarked, was entitled to the respect 

 of the members of the Society, as he filled the post of President 

 ■with considerable zeal and ability. The Alderman went on 

 to point out that the Society taught a man to think, and in that 

 way it did good service, and led to a vast amount of good. 



Mr. Sawyer, in reply, regarded his position as an honourable 

 one, and assured the company that he was ready to do anything 

 he could for the promotion of the Society. In conclusion, he 

 mentioned that up to the present time Jie had never failed to be 

 in his place and punctual at the meetings. 



The Re\\ J. H. Cross, in projjosing "The health of the 

 Vice-Presidents," took that opportunity of putting himself right 

 with regard to an observation Avhich he made at a recent meeting 

 of the Societ)', retiecting on the theory of Major Hallett, who 

 read a paper on "The Germination of Wheat." He (Mr. Cross) 

 had not heard the paper referred to, and he had no idea that 

 a remark delivered conversationally — that Major Hallett's theory 

 was rubbish — would appear in the next day's paper. He 

 therefore begged to state that he had no opinion at all on the 

 matter, into which he had never gone. He hoped in the future 

 that their little conversations Avould not be made too much of by 

 their kind friends the reporters. 



Mr. Haselwood, in acknowledging the compliment, re- 

 marked that a step into the field of natural history would benefit 

 man to a great extent, and he appealed to them whether this was 



