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laid on the tables. The company having adjourned to the com- 
mittee room, two short papers,—‘ Additions to the Mollusca of 
Northumberland and Durham’, and an ‘Account of three new 
species of Animalcules,—were read by the president, the former 
illustrated by specimens. The next paper was by Mr. Carr of 
Dunstan Hill, ‘On the composite names of places, of Anglo-saxon 
derivation, chiefly in Northumberland.’ In the unavoidable ab- 
sence of Mr. Carr, this interesting paper was read by the secretary 
Mr. Storey. Mr. Tate of Alnwick followed with a paper ‘On 
polished and scratched Rocks, viewed in connection with the 
Northumbrian boulder Formation,’ which was listened to with 
great attention. ‘Notes on a species of Hydra found in the 
Northumberland lakes, and extracts of an elaborate paper (which 
time would not allow of being read entire) ‘On the Anatomy of 
the Fresh-water Bryozoa, with descriptions of three new species,’ 
by Mr. Albany Hancock, were read by the secretary. Mr. Wailes, 
in conclusion, called the attention of the meeting to the splendid 
coloured plates of Bateman’s ‘Orchidacee of Mexico and Guata- 
mala,’ a copy of which he had kindly sent for inspection, to- 
gether with another beautiful work, Hooker’s ‘Rhododendrons of 
the Sikkim Himalaya.’ The company afterwards returned to the 
Museum, where tea and coffee were provided, and the evening 
concluded with conversation and a further inspection of the 
various objects of attraction there displayed. 
In reviewing the meetings of the season, a few remarks suggest 
themselves. It is to be regretted that our field meetings have 
been rather thinly attended, but this, no doubt, arose from the 
unfavourable state of the weather at the times when they were 
held ; for on no occasion have we been favoured with a thoroughly 
fine day. We may hope to be more fortunate in the ensuing 
season. The practice of breakfasting together at the field meet- 
ings has been discontinued on economical considerations, and for 
the purpose of affording an opportunity to a greater number, 
especially among the younger members to whom expense may be . 
a consideration, of joining in our excursions. To those who pre- 
fer comfort to economy, the option of breakfasting en route is still 
open ; and, when a very early hour of starting is fixed upon, a 
