X. PKOCEEDINGS L1VEEPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



G. H. Morton, F.G.S., T. C. Kiley, W. E. Sharp, 

 Prof. Sherrington,M.D.,F.B.S. ; A. T. Smith, Jun., 

 and A. 0. Walker, F.L.S. 

 6. The President delivered the Inaugural Address, entitled 

 " Biological Institutions in Liverpool, during the 

 present century " (see ''Transactions," p. 1). A 

 vote of thanks proposed by Prof. Herdman, secon- 

 ded by Mr. Alf. 0. Walker, was carried with 

 acclamation. 



The second meeting of the eleventh session was held at 

 University College on Friday, November 13th, 1896. The 

 President in the chair. 



1. The following exhibits among others were on view in 



the Zoological Laboratory from 7 to 7-30 o'clock : — 

 A series of marine algae from Port Erin, mounted 

 by the Kev. T. S. Lea, who explained his method 

 of mounting. 



2. Professor Herdman gave an address on the Menhirs 



and Dolmens of Brittany, illustrated by about 70 

 lantern photographs of these and other prehistoric 

 remains chiefly from the neighbourhood of Carnac 

 in the Morbihan. In concluding he drew attention 

 to the possibility that the " Calderstones " in the 

 neighbourhood of Liverpool may be the remains 

 of a dolmen. This led to a discussion which was 

 continued in the Daily Papers and the more im- 

 portant part of which has at the request of the 

 Council, been collected and reprinted (see " Tran- 

 sactions," p. 132). 



The third meeting of the eleventh session was held 

 conjointly with the Chemical Society of University College 

 on Friday, December 11th, 1896, for the purpose of 



