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TABLE 2. 



[Proc. B.N.F.C., 



Resume of 12 analyses of Glauconite from rocks similar to 

 ours from the " Handbuch der Mineralogie," by Dr. C. Hintze, 

 1892. 





Mean. 



Max. 



Min. 



Remarks. 



Si0 2 



50-27 



58-I7 



43'60 





Fe 2 3 



17-94 



32*80 



nil. 



Absent in 3 analyses. 



A1 2 3 



5^9 



10-09 



1-50 





FeO 



8-16 



21-78 



2-64 





CaO 



0-78 



3'2I 



nil. 



Absent in 8 analyses. 



MgO 



2*29 



6*21 



nil. 



Do. 4 do. 



K 2 



6-12 



8-7Q 



3-10 





Na 2 



? 







Only occurs in 2 

 analyses 0-9 1 & 0-2 1 . 



H 2 



8-23 



1470 



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R. Lloyd Praeger, Hon. Secretary of the Dublin Naturalists' 

 Field Club, gave a short address on the subject ■' The Irish Field 

 Clubs and Field Club Work." He first briefly sketched the 

 history of the Four Field Clubs of Ireland, — those of Belfast, 

 Dublin, Cork, and Limerick, — and referred to his article recently 

 published in the Irish Naturalist, in which those histories will 

 be found more fully set forth. The present position and 

 resources of these Clubs were next discussed, and the extreme 

 importance of joint meetings was urged, by means of which the 

 Clubs may get to know more of each other's doings, and work 

 in harmony for the attainment of their mutual aims. It was 

 pointed out how much encouragement and help the Clubs can 

 give to each other, and the speaker concluded : — Is it not in fact 

 desirable in the highest degree that all the Irish Field Clubs 

 should assist each other ; that they should know each other 

 better, and feel that they are comrades, working together for a 

 common object ; that there should exist a bond of friendly 



