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The following resolutions were also unanimously agreed to : — 



(5) " That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to Sir Herewald 

 Wake, Bart., for his kindness in offering an Entomological Prize in 

 the past year, and for renewing the offer for the coming year." 



(6) " That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Officers for 

 their services during the past year.'' 



(7) "That Mr. E. D. Hamel be re-elected Treasurer, and that 

 Mr. A. H. Scott-White, B.Sc, B.A., &c, and Mr. W. J. Harrison, 

 F.G.S.. be elected Hon. Secretaries." 



(8) " That the best Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Officers 

 and Members of the Cheltenham Natural Science Society for the 

 admirable arrangements they have made for the present gathering." 



(9) " That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr. Edmund 

 Tonks, B.C.L., for his able and courteous conduct in the chair." 



The meeting of the Council was subsequently resumed, and the 

 necessary business of the Union was transacted, including the appoint- 

 ment of the Management Committee, consisting of the following 

 gentlemen : — 



The President (Dr. Thomas Wright, F.E.S.,) the President elect, 

 the Editors of the " Midland Naturalist," the Hon. Sees, of the Union, 

 the Hon. Treasurer. Mr. F. T. Mott, F.R.G.S.. Mr. E Tonks, B.C.L., 

 Rev. Dr. Deane, Rev. H. W. Crosskev, F.G.S.. Mr. A. W. Wills, Mr. 

 Lawson Tait, Mr. W. R. Hughes, F.L.S., Mr. H. Pearce, F.L.S., Mr. 

 W. B. Grove, B.A., Mr. James E. Bagnall, Mr. J. J. H. Teall, M.A., 

 Mr. Edwin Smith, M.A., and Mr. B. Sturges Dodd. 



THE CONVERSAZIONE. 



Ix the evening, at the Assembly Rooms, there was one of the best enter- 

 tainments of its kind held in the town for many years, and the display 

 of so valuable and interesting a collection of treasures, in various 

 departments of Arts and Sciences, could hardly fail to suggest a regret 

 that a permanent or at least more frequent opportunity of such dis- 

 plays is not afforded in a town so richly endowed as Cheltenham. The 

 whole suite of rooms was occupied. The vestibule had been fitted up 

 as a reception room, under the direction of Messrs. Shirer and Haddon, 

 who, both here and in the large room, showed some fine specimens of 

 antique furniture and pottery, and made other appropriate additions 

 to the decoration of the rooms. A number of foliage and flowering 

 plants were also lent by Mr. Cypher, free of charge, and added much 

 to the general effect. A room was set apart to microscopes, and other 

 objects and instruments interesting to microscopists. The exhibitors in 

 this class included the Rev. E. Cornford, Dr. Wilson, (who showed speci- 

 mens of micro-photography,) Mr. Wethered, Mr. Potts, Mr. Morley, 

 Col. Basevi, Dr. Partridge, Mr. Elliott, Mr. J. Rodgers, Mr. Musgrave, 

 and Mr. E.D. Hamel. Seme of these gentlemen were in constant attend- 

 ance, and fine specimens of hydrozoa and other living objects were 

 shown during the evening. Mr. Wheeler (London) also showed a large 

 collection of microscopic objects. The microscopical display was a 

 good and varied one, but inferior in extent to that made at former 

 meetings of the Union, a matter of great regret, and which we hope to 

 see remedied at all future meetings. Members of the societies owe it 

 to the local committees to help them as much as possible ; and the 

 Cheltenham Society did not receive nearly so much help from distant 

 societies as it deserved, for it did its part most admirably, and with a 

 lavish expenditure of time, thought, and money which could not have 

 been surpassed. 



