1875-1876.] 2QI 



will yet be added to the list. Mr. Wright mentioned the names 

 of the more interesting of the Foraminifera he had found, some of 

 which were amongst the rarest British forms ; others were highly- 

 interesting on account of their occurring also at great depths in 

 the Atlantic j eight species were common to our lough and the 

 deep-sea dredgings of the Porcupine expedition. Further investi- 

 gations will doubtless show this community of species to be still 

 more intimate. The local Foraminifera are further interesting as 

 showing that many of our forms have continued unaltered since 

 the Cretaceous epoch, there being seven species which are identical 

 with those found abundantly in the Chalk flints of this locality. 

 Four of the species are common to the Chalk, the bed of the 

 Atlantic, and to our lough. When we see that Foraminifera are 

 found living in the shallow waters of our bays and loughs, as also 

 in the abyssmal depths of the ocean, as dredged by the Porcupine 

 and Challenger explorers, we need not be surprised to find that 

 creatures capable of living under such widely different conditions 

 should also extend through long periods of time; and such we 

 find to be the case, several of our recent Foraminifera being found 

 fossil in rocks as old as the Lias. Mr. Wright then stated some 

 of the results obtained by Mr. S. A. Stewart, to whom had been 

 entrusted the examination of the mollusca dredged up. Mr. 

 Swanston had charge of the Crustacea, Echinodermata, and Zoo- 

 phyta, and had briefly reported upon these groups. 



The Chairman next called upon Mr. Hugh Robinson, hon. sec, 

 to read the report of the committee for the past year, and also 

 (in the absence of the Treasurer) to present the financial statement 

 for the year, both of which were adopted, and ordered to be printed 

 for circulation amongst the members. 



In accordance with a notice of motion given by him, Mr. Hugh 

 Robinson proposed, and Mr. George O'Brien seconded, the 

 following resolution, "That Numbers 3 and 4 of the Club's rules 

 be altered to the following : — 



Rule 3. 

 " That the Club shall consist of Ordinary, Corresponding, and 



