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will be made in this important branch during the ensuing 

 season. 



At the Annual Social Meeting of the Club, the members of 

 this Section, with the aid of a number of their Dublin brethren, 

 contributed largely to the success of the evening by a re- 

 presentative display of both microscopical work and apparatus. 



During the Winter Session two Sectional Meetings have been 

 held. 



On the 13 of December, Dr. Lorrain Smith delivered a most 

 interesting address on the Study of Bacteriology, illustrated by 

 a number of excellent micro-photographs projected on the 

 lantern screen. 



At the Second Meeting on the 5 of March, the Rev. John 

 Andrew, President of the Section, gave a short but very 

 practical paper on the Preparation of Rock Sections, beginning 

 with the rough material and ending with the finished slide. 



Dr. Drummond contributed another short paper entitled 

 Hints on collecting Marine Zoological Specimens, in which he 

 most lucidly and graphically explained the methods of collecting 

 and preserving the microscopic fauna of the ocean. 



A number of beautiful Rock Sections belonging to Charles 

 Elcock were exhibited by P. F. Gulbransen and E. Blair, and 

 James Stelfox and W. S. M'Kee showed the entrancing Rotifer 

 Melicerta in all its glory. 



Your Committee would urge, especially on the younger 

 members, the necessity of taking up some one branch of micro- 

 scopical science, and of working at it in a systematic and 

 determined manner, so that the Section may show actual results 

 by adding to the lists of the fauna and flora of our country. 



W. D. DONNAN. 



REPORT OF GEOLOGICAL SECTION. 



It is impossible to commence the report of last year's work 

 without adverting to the benefit derived from the new rooms 



