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size of many of the species when compared with recent British and 

 abyssal specimens, and stated that in several instances it was 

 only with the greatest difficulty that he was able to definitely 

 assign a name, so minute and depauperated were the specimens. 

 Messrs. W. Gray, M.R.I.A., W. H. Patterson, M.R.I.A., and 

 F. W. Lockwood spoke on the subject of these interesting beds 

 and their fauna, and some discussion ensued, which elicited the 

 fact that, while the Foraminifera were so few and starved, the 

 mollusca of the beds were tolerably abundant, and attained fully 

 the size of recent specimens. 



The President then called on Mr. W. Gray, the Club's dele- 

 gate to the last meeting of the British Association, for his report 

 as to the subjects brought before the meetings of delegates of 

 Corresponding Societies. Mr. Gray said that the Conference 

 meetings were held on the 4th and 9th of August under the 

 chairmanship of Professor R. Meldola, President, and forty -one 

 Corresponding Societies were represented by their respective 

 delegates, among them being the delegate from the Belfast 

 Natural History Society and the Club's representative. 



The main object of the organisation was to utilise as far as 

 possible the services of local scientific societies in promoting the 

 investigation of such subjects as engage the attention of the 

 several sections of the Association, so far as such subjects come 

 within the scope of local societies' operations, and at the Con- 

 ference the work done in this direction during the year is 

 discussed, and the result is formulated into a report to the 

 General Committee of the Association. The nature of the 

 subjects thus referred to the delegates for their consideration 

 will be best understood if they are considered in the order in 

 which they are dealt with by the several sections of the Associa- 

 tion. The latter are eight in number, each being distinguished 

 by a letter of the alphabet from A to H. 



In section A (Mathematical and Physical Science) the only 

 subject connected with this section that co-operation is solicited 

 ;s the work undertaken by the Sub-Committee on the applica- 



