XXX ANNUAL REPORT. 



GEOLOGICAL SECTION. 

 This Section has held eleven meetings during the past year, 

 with an average attendance of twenty-five members. 



The chief feature of the meetings has been the beginning 

 of a series of papers on Geology, in which it is intended, as 

 far as p:)ssible, to review the whole of that science. 



The following have been delivered : — 



Introductoi-y : — On the Study of 



Geology . . . . . . . . By Dr. Deaxe. 



The Older Rocks of Charnwood 



Forest . . . . . . . . By Prof. Bonney, of Cambridge. 



Coal By Mr. W. Madeley, of Dudley. 



Igneous Rocks By Mr. Tnos. H. Waller, B.A., B.Sc. 



Considerable interest has been shown in the papers 

 already delivered, and several others are promised. 



Two papers have been read on other subjects : — 



Mineralogy of Cornwall . . . . By Mr. W. Cotterell, F.R.A.S. 



Botanical Tours in Ireland in 



1876-7 and 9 By Rev. J. Caswell. 



T. H. WALLEK, Hon. Sec. 



CUEATOES' EEPOET. 



During the past year, two binocular microscopes, one made 

 by Crouch and the other by Swift, each with two objectives and 

 accessories, have been purchased by the Society. Both have been 

 used at most of the meetings, and have given general satisfaction, 

 and are, in fact, excellent instruments. A pair of Eoss' B 

 eyepieces have also been bought. The Eoss instrument is 

 in perfect order, but the four Collins microscopes are not by 

 any means perfect, and, as they have during the past few 

 years been twice overhauled, the defects would seem to be 

 inherent. We would, therefore, advise that no more money 

 should be spent upon them, but that, as they work fairly well 

 as monoculars, and will do for exhibiting objects that do not 

 requh'e fu-st-class instruments or high powers, the recom- 

 mendation in the suggestion-book that several small micro- 



