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close of the first session, the principal prize for Neozoic fossils was 

 carried away by Mr. Gray. He was thus the first member to whom 

 a prize was awarded in a geological subject. Mr. Gray has since 

 that time successfully competed for the prizes offered in several 

 subjects. The series of specimens and sketches he has sent in 

 have in all cases been of a high order of merit. If collected together 

 and carefully studied, anyone might form a very good idea of the 

 geology and archaeology of the district. The succeeding session 

 Mr. Gray contributed a valuable paper on the Megaceros Hibemicus, 

 and from that time until the present no session has passed over 

 without our being favoured with one or more papers or lectures from 

 him, these being on subjects of local interest, and not only of great 

 value as scientific communications, but also attracting a large 

 amount of public attention on account of the popular manner in 

 which the subjects were handled. Two years after the formation 

 of the Club the first report was issued, and occupied twelve pages. 

 The secretaryship then became vacant by reason of the resignation 

 of the gentleman who then held office. Mr. Gray was then induced 

 to undertake the duties, and the report for 1865-6 was published 

 and distributed to 78 members, the entire number at that time in 

 the Club. At the close of the following session, the fourth year of 

 the Club, the report occupied 55 pages, and the membership had 

 increased to 133, a revival of life and interest seldom paralleled in 

 scientific societies. Our present senior hon. secretary now consented 

 to give his services, in conjunction with Mr. Gray ; and the affairs of 

 the Club, administered so efficiently as we have seen by these gentle- 

 men, continued to prosper, so that the tenth annual report of the pro- 

 ceedings of the Society occupied 113 pages, and the membership 

 had increased to over 200. These statistics require no comment — 

 they speak for themselves. Most of us have attended the several 

 conversaziones of the Club, and enjoy the recollection of these 

 pleasant reunions, when the hard lines of science have been softened, 

 and, surrounded by flowers and pictures, she has assumed her holi- 

 day aspect. Well, then, we owe to Mr. Gray's perseverance that 

 so many of these meetings have been held; and also, to a great 



