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during the past year the work of the section has been carried 

 on with steadiness and success. Following the acquisition ot 

 the new Cabinet which the General Committee were good 

 enough to provide for us, the re-arrangement of the specimens 

 in our herbarium was at once proceeded with, which enabled 

 us to prepare a much needed list of desiderata. The dimen- 

 sions of this list, we are glad to say, was reduced somewhat as 

 the result of last summer's excursions, and we look forward 

 with confidence to see it much further reduced during the 

 season which is now opening upon us. We are pleased to re- 

 port that the number of members taking an active part in the 

 work of the section remains steady, and that not only the 

 main department of flowering plants, but the various branches 

 of cryptogamic botany have also received a fair amount of 

 attention. The following was the programme for the Winter 

 Session : — 



Oct. Meeting. Ferns, Rev. C. H. Waddell, B.D. 



Nov. ,, Fungi, do. 



Dec. ,, Club Mosses & Fern Allies, do. 



Jan. ,, Hapaticae, Rev. H. W. Lett, M. A. 



Feb. ,, Characea?, Rev. C. H Waddell, B.D. 



Mar. „ The Mosses, Rev. H. W. Lett, M.A. 



Prize VIII. — Mr. James Orr has sent us a set of Cretaceous 

 Fossils. There are in this collection over 60 specimens, repre- 

 senting some 40 species. They are well displayed, and include 

 several of the rarer forms, and also a number of good examples 

 of the commoner species. We consider this a creditable col- 

 lection, and have pleasure in recommending that prize VIII. be 

 awarded to Mr. Orr. 



Prize XIII. — We beg to report that we have examined the 

 shells sent for competition. 



We have awarded the Societies Prize No. 13 to Mr. W. A. 

 Green for his set of 68 species, and many varieties of land and 

 fresh water shells, some of considerable rarity. This collection 



