xlviii. 



presentments of the inhabitants of various parishes throughout England 

 of the number and value of the ecclesiastical benefices therein, with the 

 names of the incumbents, &c. 



Vol. I. contains returns for the counties of Berks, Bucks, Essex, 

 Gloucester, Hertford, Lancaster, and Lincoln. 



Vol. II. contains the return for the county of Dorset only (and is the 

 one now on exhibition). 



Vol. III. contains the returns for Middlesex, Norfolk, Northumber- 

 land, Oxford, Sussex, Westmoreland, Wilts, and Yorks. 



The above original returns represent, therefore, only 16 out of the 40 

 counties of England, and are the only ones known to exist ; but there 

 are in the Lambeth Library 24 large volumes, consisting chiefly of 

 oilicial copies of these returns, which were made shortly after the 

 originals, and which in many cases supply their places where 

 wanting. 



I have also recently seen the original Commissioners' return for all 

 that was taken of the county of Worcester, some 15 or 20 parishes only. 

 Dorset may therefore be considered fortunate in being one of the few 

 counties having a complete return. 



BOTANICAL EXHIBITS. BY REV. E. F. LINTON : 



(\i.)Saponaria vaccaria, L. Chalky field, south of Melbury Abbas 

 (near Shaftesbury) ; a casual, here and there established sufficiently to 

 have a place in the London Catalogue. 



Filago apiculata, G. E. Sm. Waste ground between Pavkstone and 

 Branksome. 



Rhimuithus Crista-Galli, var. fallax, Koch. Meadows about 

 Wareham, D. and G. 



Salix purpurea and viminalis, v. Forbyatw. Trigon Farm, Wareham ; 

 also seen near Tarrant Crawford, by the river Stour. 



Salix aurita and repcns (S. ambigua, Ehrb). By Littlesea. The 

 first occurrence, though often looked for by the Rev, W. Moyle Rogers 

 and myself. 



Bromtts arvensis, Linn. Chalky field of wheat, east of Aimer ; 

 introduced, no doubt, but not unfrequent in England, and holding a 

 place in all recent editions of the London Catalogue. 



BY MR. T. B. GROVES : 



(viii.) Calcium Carbide, the material from which is produced the 

 gas Acetylene, the new illuminant. Put into water, this substance 

 evolves gas and makes the water boil with some violence, the bubbles 

 taking fire with a series of small bright explosions. Mr. Groves 

 successfully performed this beautiful experiment." 



