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making a special study of the Coleopterous fauna of the district. The 

 most important event of the year was the removal of the Societv's 

 quarters from the Midland Institute to the Science College, generously 

 founded and endowed by Sir Josiah Mason, Kt.. where the Society has 

 had a private room assigned it in which its valuable library and 

 instruments are kept, and which is open for the use of the Members 

 (who largely avail themselves of the privilege) several hours daily. 

 The ordinary weekly meetings of the Society are held in the Biological 

 Theatre of the Mason College. The Society publishes an Annual 

 Report. In the month of April in the present year, it published a 

 volume of Transactions, in which were reprinted all the papers read 

 before the Society during 1880, which had been printed in the " Midla □ I 

 Naturalist" ; the illustrations, which had been nearly all drawn by the 

 authors of the respective papers, were also reproduced. Mr. Edward 

 W. Badger, Herald Office, Union Street, Birmingham, is the President ; 

 Mr. John Morley, 21. Sherborne Road, Birmingham, and Mr. W. B. 

 Grove, B.A., Franchise Street. Perry Parr. Birmingham, are the 

 Honorary Secretaries. 



The Birmingham Philosophical, Society was founded in 187G. It 

 now numbers 154 Members, and the subscription is one guinea per annum. 

 Meetings are held monthly : extra meetings are also held occasionally. 

 Eight papers and several notes, on scientific subjects, have been read 

 before the Members during the past year. The Society has an invested 

 fund for the endowment of original research, of which details were 

 given in the report presented by your Council at the last annual meeting 

 of the Union. The Society publishes Transactions, and a Report 

 annually. The President is the Rev. H. W. Watson. Berkswell, 

 Coventry, who has recently been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. 

 The Honorary Secretaries are the Rev. H. W. Crosskey, F.G.S., George 

 Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, and Mr. R. Levett, M.A.. Moseley, 

 near Birmingham. 



The Birmingham School Natural History Society was started in 

 1869. It consists of 4 Honorary Members, and 43 paying an annual 

 subscription of 4s. The Society is divided into Biological and 

 Geological Sections, the latter at present existing only in name. The 

 Biological Section was at the last Annual Meeting divided into 

 Zoological and Botanical Sub-sections. General Meetings of the 

 Society are held every other Friday; the Botanical and Zoological 

 Sub-sections hold their Meetings on alternate Mondays. The Meetings 

 are held in the School Museum after afternoon school. An annual 

 excursion is made by the Society, generally in May, and sometimes 

 Saturday afternoon excursions are made during the summer months. 

 The President is the Rev. A. R. Vardy, M.A.. Head Master of the 

 school. Mr. A. E. Wynne is Honorary Secretary. 

 (To be continued. 



MINERALS OF THE MIDLANDS. 



BY C. .1. WOODWARD, B.SC. 



(Continued from pa 

 GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 

 I am indebted to Mr. W. C. Lucy. F.G.S.. of the Cotteswold Club, 

 for information he has collected respecting the minerals of this 

 county. Mr. Lucy sends me the following replies he ha-, eceived to his 

 enquiries, 



