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In the centre of the lecture- room was the table of fossil fish, 

 which included some magnificent specimens from the Creta- 

 ceous rocks of North America, lent by Mr. Joseph Wright, and 

 also a large and varied collection of teeth and hard bony palates 

 of fishes that browse upon coral, lent by Mr. C. Bulla, and some 

 nearly unique specimens sent by Mr. Parker, of Oldham, who 

 has devoted himself for the past thirty years to the study of 

 fossil fish. Mr. D. M'Kee on a separate table also exhibited a 

 large collection of fish remains. A number of bronze weapons, 

 and several very curious ancient bronze cauldrons recently 

 found, were exhibited by Mr. Seaton F. Milligan, in addition to 

 the carved Elizabethan bedboard before described. 



The President (Mr. Gray) lent a case of extremely fine speci- 

 mens of Zeolites and other minerals from the trap rocks of 

 Antrim. He also showed an aquarium, with a number of 

 specimens of the Hydra, and gave a personal explanation of 

 them during the evening with the microscope. Other micro- 

 scopes were exhibited by Mr. Joseph Wright, F.G.S., who had a 

 large set of Foraminifera recently dredged from a depth of 

 1,000 fathoms off the south-west coast of Ireland. Mr. John 

 Donaldson showed a microscope with revolving plate, extreme- 

 ly useful for purposes of study. Messrs. Elliott, I. W. Ward, 

 and R. Welch also exhibited microscopes. 



An interesting series of photographs taken by Messrs. Swan- 

 ston and John Donaldson during their summer trip to Norway 

 were well worth study, especially for the forms of glaciers. Mr. 

 George Donaldson showed an album of photos, chiefly archaeo- 

 logical, taken during recent excursions of the club. The 

 President lent a splendid collection of Californian photographs. 

 A set of water-colour sketches of the '' Seven Churches " and 

 the Valley of Glendalough, County Wicklow, were exhibited 

 by Mr. J. P. Addy. A number of pictures by Callow, the two 

 Nicholls, and Burgess, kindly lent by Mr. Robert Reid and Mr. 

 W. Nicholl, decorated the walls. 



