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Maison Dieu, where the President delivered an address on the 

 objects and uses of the Society, which he has since pubUshed 

 and circulated among the members. Thirty-two microscopes 

 of various sizes and descriptions were exhibited on a long and 

 wide table in the centre of the Hall, amono- which were some 

 first class Binoculars by T. Ross, some cheaper Binoculars by 

 C. Baker, single tube instruments by both those makers and 

 by Smith and Beck, Pillisher, Higliley, Powell and Leland, 

 &c. The objects of interest shewn by these were too nu- 

 merous to particularize ; consistmg of rive and mounted 

 Zoophytes, Diatomacese, Xanthidise, Insects and parts of In- 

 sects, Sections, Algse, &c., &c. The meeting was admirably 

 organized by the Dover Committee, and was a decided success ; 

 and with the Folkestone meeting has contributed greatly to 

 increase the number of members of the Society. 



The last meeting of the year was held in St. George's 

 Hall, when a Lecture was delivered by B. F. Lowne, Esq., 

 on the Natural History of Palestine tmd the Bible. Mr. 

 Lowne had travelled in Palestine with the expedition orga- 

 nized by the Rev. Mr. Tristram as Surgeon and Naturalist, 

 and gave a grapliic description of the Geological Features of 

 the Jordan Valley, the Lebanon Range and the Dead Sea ; 

 showing the effect of the formation of the Country on its 

 natural products, and the relation of its Flora and Fauna to 

 those of Europe on the west, and Africa and Asia on the 

 south and east. 



On this occasion, your Committee thinking the citizens of 

 Canterbury might be interested in the subject of the lecture, 

 resolved to admit non-members on a small payment, but the 

 invitation was not responded to, and the lecture (which gave 

 great satisfaction to those who heard it) was listened to by an 

 audience more select than numerous. 



The Monthly Evening Meetings, which were commenced 



