92 EEl'OJJTS 0.1' MEETJI-rGS. 



Till-; liOTANlOAL 8J<]C'riOJSI. 



A I TENDED to tliiw uuniber of tho Socioty'y Transactions 

 will bo found tho sixth and Jiiial Ir'iirt of tlio Flora uf 

 Ihc liridoL Goal-jldd, contaiuiny tho Sodgcs, Grasses, Horse- 

 tails, and Ferns. 



Saturday excursions for field work were continued as 

 usual. On May 10th, Mr. Leipnor, President of tho Section 

 delivered a lecture on tho Natural History of Mosses, with 

 particular rofei'OJice to thcii' roj>j;oduotiou. 



J. WALTER WIIITJ!;, ILm. Sec. 



CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL SECTION. 



SINCE tho publication of the last Report, six nicotines of 

 tho Section liave been liold, and papers have boon road 

 by tho following gentlemen: — Mi'. G. E. Schacht, Professor 

 Ramsay, Dr. Young, Mr. Slienstono, Dr. Tildon, Mr. Chat- 

 took, Dr. Collie, and Mr. Cundall. On April 8th there was 

 a joint meeting of the Section and the Society, when Colonel 

 Graham read an intorosting pa[)ei' on. (ttmpotvdar mid I'ru- 

 ucliltis. 



Copies of Joido's " Sciontilio Works," Muir's " Principles 

 of Chemistry," and Lunge's " Distillation of Coal Tar," Lave 

 been presented to the Libra.t'y by the Section. 



SYDNEY YOUNG, IIo 



Sec. 



