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CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 

 OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



PROCEEDINGS, 



MANCHESTER BRANCH. — SECOND ANNUAL MEETING, 



Held in the Zoological Laboratory, Owens' College, on Saturday, 

 February 7 th, 1891. 



There was a good gathering of members and friends both from Man- 

 chester and vicinity and also from Leeds, Crewe, Derby, Preston, &c. 



After reception of visitors by the President, a short formal Meeting was 

 held, and the Honorary Secretary read a Report in which he described the 

 circumstances under which the Society was formed in February, 1888, its 

 aims and objects, and its recognition as a Branch of the Conchological 

 Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The Excursions and Meetings had 

 followed each other regularly, and had been very pleasant occasions for 

 observation and collecting, for study and discussion, and for the exchange of 

 information and specimens. A fair number of useful Papers and Notes had 

 been read, of which he gave a full list. A proposal to place a collection of 

 the Land and Freshwater Shells collected within a radius of twenty miles 

 round Manchester in the Museum of the College was now under considera- 

 tion. The members will be asked to contribute of their most characteristic 

 specimens, as soon as the Museum may be prepared to receive and find 

 accommodation for them. 



The Honorary Treasurer then read his Report, which showed a favour- 

 able Balance Sheet. 



After the adoption of the Secretary's and Treasurer's Reports, on the 

 proposal of Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill the following were announced to be the 

 elected Officers for the coming year : — President, Mr. Darbishire ; Treasurer, 

 Mr. Collier; Honorary Secretary, Mr. Standen; Committee, Messrs. W. E. 

 Hoyle, W. H. Heathcote, and Chas. Oldham ; Referee, Mr. Rogers. 



The President then welcomed the members and their friends, amongst 

 whom he rejoiced to meet ladies and young people, and drew attention to 

 various Exhibits on view, of particular interest, and recommended the mem- 

 bers not to confine themselves too closely to the collection of the shells of 

 British Land and Freshwater species only, but to pursue a certain acquaint- 

 ance with species from European and other countries, and with marine 

 shells whenever they had an opportunity of doing so. "There might even 

 be a real waste of power and other opportunities in collecting and arranging, 

 however beautifully, the varieties of Z. peregra from one thousand ponds." 



At the conclusion of the Meeting some time was spent in inspecting the 

 many beautiful and interesting Exhibits shown by the members, which 

 covered all the tables in the room. The collections of Land and Freshwater 

 Shells were very fine, and interesting not only from the beauty and variety 

 of the specimens themselves, but also as illustrative of many favourite systems 

 of mounting, each of which had its own particular advantages, which gave 



