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given showing the salient points of structure and the difference 

 of each, and many examples were shown and explained after 

 the lecture. 



REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SECTION. 



The Geological Section have to record another year of 

 useful activity in this branch of the Club's work. Several 

 excursions were held during the year, and were well attended. 



During the early part of the Winter Session the Section held 

 meetings once a month to discuss points of interest. The 

 Committee of the Section invited Professor Cole to deliver a 

 Lecture, the subject being — " The Volcanic North, or how 

 Ireland became an Island." The meeting was held in the 

 Museum and was well attended. 



The Botanical and Geological Section held a combined 

 meeting, 21st January, 1899, when Mr. Praeger gave a chat on 

 Glacial Fossils. 



At the request of the Committee J. St. J. Phillips undertook 

 to give a short series of jj" Introductory Talks on Geology." 

 This series was intended for the benefit of new members and 

 those desirous of beginning the study of Geology, and attracted 

 a considerable number to the six meetings devoted to the 

 series. A list of titles of each evening talk will indicate the 

 subject dealt with. 



1. What is a Rock ? A classification of Rocks. 



2. Destruction and Construction — External and Internal 

 Agencies. 



3. Some Products from Nature's Laboratory. 



4. The Evolution of Landscape and Rock Structure. 



5. Fossils, their Nature and Occurrence. Records of Life 

 from the " Ancient " Rocks. 



6. Fossils — Records from Recent Rocks and Conclusion. 

 Each of the " Talks " was appropriately illustrated by 



photographs, diagrams, lantern slides, and specimens, as far as 

 possible preference was given to local examples. 



