~. 2 . [Proc. B.N.F.O 



Winter Session 



NOTE.- — The authors of the various Papers of which abstracts are given, 

 are alone responsible for the views expressed in them. 



CONVERSAZIONE. 



The Winter Session opened with a Conversazione, held in 

 the Carlton Hall on 24th October, about 200 members and 

 friends being present. A departure was made this year from the 

 usual custom, tea being served in a separate room from 8-15 

 till 8-45 p.m., thus giving members a better opportunity of viewing 

 the exhibits. The exhibits of the Junior Section attracted much 

 attention on account of their general excellence, the following 

 prizes being awarded : — 1st prize given by Alderman S. T. Mercier, 

 J. P. (Chairman of Library and Technical Instruction Committee), 

 awarded to Miss Olive Ferguson for the best Nature Note-book 

 kept by a girl during the Winter Session 1916-17. 2nd prize 

 given by Alderman Mercier, awarded to Alfred George for the 

 best Nature Note-book kept by a boy during the Winter Session 

 [916-17. A special prize, given by a member of the Junior 

 Section Committee, was awarded to Miss Nunda Trough ton, for 

 the excellence of her Nature Note-book kept during the Winter 

 Session 19 16- 17. A prize (given by a member of the Field Club 

 Committee) was awarded to Jack Gourlay, for the best collection 

 of specimens belonging to any one branch of Natural Science 

 made at the Junior Section Summer excursions 1917. In this 

 case Geology was the branch selected. The second prize given 

 by Mr. Joseph Maxwell, was awarded to Reggie Turner for his 

 collection of wild plants made at the Junior Section Summer 

 excursions 191 7. 





