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Minter Session. 



Note, — The authors of the various Papers of which 

 abstracts are here appended, are alone responsible for the 

 views expressed in them. 



ANNUAL CONVERSAZIONE. 



To inaugurate their Forty-fourth Winter Session the 

 Society held a conversazione in the Large Hall, Y.M.C.A., 

 Wellington Place, on Thursday, the 25th October. The con- 

 versazione attracted a considerable number of the general 

 public, which, with the members and their friends, filled the 

 spacious hall almost to overflowing. The scene was a brilliant 

 and animated one, demonstrating the fact that the interest in 

 the natural sciences must be largely on the increase. The 

 exhibits were numerous, and, as usual, the exhibitors were eager 

 to impart information to those seeking it. In order to add to 

 the social aspect of the proceedings, tea was provided from 

 6-30 to 7-30 o'clock, the tables being prettily decorated with 

 plants and flowers, at which the following ladies kindly pre- 

 sided : — Mrs. Fennell, Mrs. Montgomery, Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. 

 Vinycomb, Mrs. Courvoisier, Mrs. Orr, Mrs. Gallway, Mrs. 

 Gregg Wilson, Mrs. Hobson, Mrs. Wright, and Miss Phillips. 

 The ladies were ably assisted by a small army of stewards, the 

 catering being in charge of the Ulster Menu Company. 



During the evening the exhibits,,of which the following is 

 a complete list, came in for considerable attention : — 



Botany. — Botanical Section, Specimens from Club's Her- 

 barium ; N. Carrothers, Mounted Plants ; Rev. Canon Lett, 

 M.A., M.R.I.A., and Rev. C. H. Waddell, M.A., B.D., Mosses, 

 Liverworts, and Lichens, together with Handbooks. Practical 



