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Notes and Comments. 



and seconded by Mr. T. Shcppard — to add after the above 



Resolution the words : ' bearing in mind that, since no 



new Section has probably been formed without about three 

 years' deliberation, it would be unwise to abolish any in a 

 shorter time.' This amendment was lost. The following 

 amendment was proposed by Sir. F. Ogilvie and seconded by 

 Professor F. O. Bower — to omit all words after ' that ' in the 



above Resolution, and to continue : ' The General 



Committee commends the action of the Council in encouraging 

 arrangements for joint discussions on subjects of interest to 

 two or more sections.' The above was carried by a very large 

 majority as an amendment and as a substantive motion. 



A GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S MEDAL. 



The Liverpool Geological Society has issued a medal, the 



obverse of which has the words ' Liverpool Geological Society, 

 founded 1850, Awarded to,' and on the reverse is a representa- 

 tion of a slab of Triassic sandstone with impressions of two 

 labyrinthodont footprints. Four copies have been awarded 

 posthumously to the late G. H. Morton, T. M. Reade, J. 

 Lomas and H. C. Beasley, the medals being handed to the 

 relatives of the recipients. We are permitted to reproduce 

 the illustration of the medals, from the Society's Proceedings. 



AN'CIENT ANEMONES. 



At the meeting of the British Association at Edinburgh, 

 Miss Nelson, of that city, kindly invited the members of 

 Section ' D ' (Zoology) to see some interesting anemones. 

 These, which belong to a smallish species found on the Scottish 

 coast, have been kept successfully in an aquarium on Miss 

 Nelson's library table for no fewer than hfty-nine years, so 

 that they must be older than that. Only simple means of 



