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SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



NOTICES OF SOCIETIES. 



Ordinary meetings are marked f , excursions * ; names of 



persons following excursions are of Conductors. 



City of London Entomological and Natural History 



Society. 

 Jan. 3.— {Discussion : "Coast Insects. Why are Insects 

 of certain species confined to our Coasts in 

 England, which on the Continent occur inland ? " 

 Dr. T. A. Chapman. 

 17.— {Consideration of formation of a " Publication 

 Fund." Hon. Sec, H. A . Sauzc. 



Clapham Junction Y.M.C.A. Natural Science Circle. 

 Jan. 11. — {"The Microscope " and Microscopic Demonstra- 

 tion. Arthur Newton. 

 M 2 3.— {"The Light of Olden Days." E. Lovett. 

 Feb. g. — {Geological Lecture. Prof. J. Logan Lobley, F.G.S. 

 22. — f" Interesting Features of Plant Life." Lime-light 

 views. W. H. Griffin. 

 Mar 8 —{Lecture on "Chemistry." with experiments. W. 

 G. Whiffen. F.I.C., F.S.C.I. 

 T^—t" South Africa." Lime-light views. Duncan 

 Milligan, F.R.A.S. 

 April 5.—+" The position of Insects in regard to Man and 

 their influences on Plants." A. Bacot. 

 Hon. Sec. F. W. Cannon, 1, Glycena Ro.id. S.W. 

 Geologists' Association of London. 



Jan. 6.— {"The Glaciers and Fjords of the Bergen District, 

 Norway." Horace W. Monckton, F.L.S., F.G.S. 

 Lantern views. 



Hon. Sec, Percy Emary, F.G.S., 



Alwyne Square, Canonbury. N 

 South London Entomological and Naiural History 



Society. 

 Jan. 12. — t" Orthoptera." Stanley Edwards. 



„ 26.— {Annual Meeting. Chair taken at 7 o'clock. 



Selborne Society — Croydon and Norwood Branch. 

 Jan. 15.— {"About Frogs and Toads." H. S. M. Grover. 

 Telegraph Messengers' Institute. Upper Nor- 

 wood, S.15 p.m. 

 Mar. 23.— {" Birds and Bird Protection." E. A. Martin. 

 F.G.S. Croydon Liberal Association Rooms. 

 8.30 p.m. 

 April —tAnnual Meeting, 8 p.m. Lecture, 8.30 p.m. : 



Fred W. Ashley, F.Z.S. 

 Streatham Geological and Natural History Society. 

 Jan. 7.—+" Some British Birds." G.White. 



., 21.— t" Geology of Caterham Valley." L. W. J. 

 Costello. 

 Feb. 4.— +•' The Inhabitants of a Pond." H. K. Hunter. 

 ,, 18. — {"On the Excursion to Heme Bay." J. P. 

 Johnson. 

 Mar. 4. — {Short Papers on Summer Excursions. 

 Hon. Sec, L. W.J. Costello, 



Callington, Stanhope Road, Streatham, SAY. 

 Hull Scientific and Field Naturalists' Club. 

 Jan. 11. — t" Alpine Plants in a Highland Glen." Lantern 

 slides. Rev. A. E. Shaw, M.A. 

 25. — t" The Structure of Fishes." H. M. Foster. 

 Feb. 8. — {"Wireless Telegraphy," with Experiments. T. 

 W. Ireland, M.A. 

 ,, 22. — {"The Mosses of the East Riding." Lantern 

 views. J. J. Marshall. 

 Mar. 8. — t" Shooting Stars." J. A. Ridgway. 

 „ 22. — t" Electrical Measurements," with Experiments. 



J. T. Riley, D.Sc, A.R.C.Sc.I. 

 The Meetings are held at 72, Prospect Street, Hull, at 8 p.m. 

 T. Sheppard, Hon. Sec. 

 Tunhridge Wells Natural History and Philosophical 



Society. 

 Jan. 12. — I" The Lances of Heaven." Lantern. Sir Robert 

 Ball, F.R.S., LL.D. 3 p.m. 

 ,, 20. — {"Timepieces — Created and Made." Mr. Herr- 

 mann. 

 Feb. 3.— ! "The Fallaciousness of the Senses." Miss Cooke. 

 „ 17.— {Specimen and Microscopical Meeting. "Some 

 Movements of Plants " ; R. R. Hutchinson. 

 Mar. 8.— {"Wonders and Romance of Insect Life." Lan- 

 tern. F. Enoch, F.L.S..F.E.S. F.R.H S. 3 p.m. 

 ,, 24.— {'The Chaldean Genesis." H. S. Roberton, 

 B.A., B.Sc. 

 April 7.— i" British Vegetable Gall Formations." E. T. 

 Connold. 

 ,, 21. — {Specimen and Microscopical Meeting. "Insects' 



Metamorphoses," H. do C. Child. 

 Hon. Assist. Scc,R. R. Hutchinson, Belmont, Princes Street. 

 Preston Scientific Society. 



Jan. 11. — {"Geological History of Ribble Valley and 

 Estuary." E. Dickson, F.G.S. 



Jan. 25.— {"Carnivorous Plants." H. E. Willis, M.A. 



2, 7, 9. 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 23, 24, 26, 27, 30. — {Sectional 

 Meetings and Instruction Address in Micro- 

 scopic Mountings, Geology, Botany, Astronomy, 

 Photography and Natural History. 

 Lecture Hal!, 119, Fishergate. 



If. H. Heathcotc, F.L.S., Sec 



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