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are hardly separable from red clay. It must not be thought that 

 deep-sea deposits are of a fixed and constant nature, or that it 

 is possible to draw a sharp line anywhere and say that globigerina 

 ooze begins or ceases at that line. 



Radiolarian oozes, which are siliceous, occur at depths beyond 

 the limit at which calcareous organisms disappear by solution, 

 but only in the Pacific and Indian Oceans in water of high tem- 

 perature and salinity and at a great distance from land. Pure 

 Diatomaceous oozes occur only in the Antarctic, in water of low 

 salinity and at a distance from land. 



A large number of beautiful lantern slides — chiefly of 

 Foraminifera — were shown on the screen and described, and 

 the meeting closed with a very hearty vote of thanks to Mr. 

 Earland for his interesting address. 



At the 564:th Ordinary Meeting of the Club, held on November 

 8th, 1921, the President, Dr. A. B. Eendle, M.A., F.R.S., in the 

 chair, the minutes of the meeting held on October 11th, 1921, were 

 read and confirmed. 



Messrs. Harry Alfred Barker, Frederick Adams, Percy A. 

 Aubin, F.R.M.S., H. Ayscough Thompson, Charles Fred. Williams, 

 R. Elliott Griffiths, Horace Crosby Cork, H. J. Falkner, Alfred G. 

 Bullivant, W. Thomas Watkin-Brown, Oliver Latham and Miss 

 Annie Dixon were balloted for and duly elected members of the 

 Club. Six nominations were read for the first time. 



The President announced that in future smoking would be 

 permitted at the close of the ordinary meetings and after 8.30 p.m. 

 at the gossip meetings. The Hon. Secretary announced that the 

 usual journals had been received in exchange by the Librarian, 

 and that two books had been presented to the library by Mr. 

 A. W. Sheppard. He reminded the members that the paper for 

 Deciember 13th was by Mr. T. E. Wallis on " Microscopy as an 

 Aid to Analysis," and stated that he had received a communica- 

 tion from a member (Mr. W. M. Bale) in New South Wales on 

 mounting in gum sandarac. This paper would also be read, so 

 that Mr. Wallis, who had advocated the use of this medium, 

 would have an opportunity of commenting on it. The Hon. 

 Secretary also announced that the following papers would be read : 

 On January 10th, " Mosquito Investigation," by Dr. C. Tierney ; 



