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Minteu Session. 



Note. — The authors of the various Payers of which 

 abstracts are here appended, are alone respon<iible for the 

 views expressed in them. 



ANNUAL CONVERSAZIONE. 



The Club inaugurated the Winter Session of its forty- 

 second year by a highly successful conversazione, which was 

 held in the Exhibition Hall of the Botanic Gardens Park, on 

 25th October. The attendance of members and their friends 

 numbered upwards of 400, and the proceedings were charac- 

 terised by the amount of '' go " which has proved a feature 

 in the Club's undertakings, while the numerous and varied 

 exhibits attested the members' capabilities in scientific study 

 and research. The Club looks back with pride on the useful 

 work performed by its members in the past, and, judging by 

 this exhibition, it is evident that it now possesses an energetic 

 band of enthusiastic workers, while with increasing membership 

 it is to be expected that in the years to come its traditions will 

 be fully sustained. 



Tea was served from seven till eight o'clock, the tables 

 being presided over by the following lady members of the 

 Club: — ^Mrs. Fennell, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Hobson, Mrs. 

 Gallway, Mrs. Green, Mrs. Orr, Mrs Wheeler, Mrs. 

 Gregg Wilson, Mrs. Wright, and Mrs. Vinycomb, the 

 catering having been entrusted to the Bloomfield Bakery Co., 

 whose efforts amply sustained their reputation in this respect. 

 During the evening the exhibitors were most attentive, and 

 were granted many opportunities for giving information on 

 their various subjects to those who examined their exhibits, 

 which included the following: — 



