8 MEETINGS. 



the evening, viz,, songs by Fraiilein Weizel, and instrumental 

 music bj Miss Shaw and Miss Edmonds. The entertainment 

 resulted in the sum of over £7 being handed in to the 

 Treasurer, after all expenses paid. 



Monthly MeetuKj held on February 15th^ 190S, Rer. PV. 

 Campbell Penney, President^ in the chair. 



Mrs. F. L. Tanner, Mr. T. J. Guilbert and Mr. A. M. 

 Naftel were unanimously elected members of the Society. 



The main portion of the evening was devoted to a study 

 of the ocean in its various aspects. Mr. De La Mare spoke 

 of " The Sea, past and present," describing the general 

 configuration of the ocean bel, the depth of water in 

 various parts of the globe, the apparatus now employed for 

 deep sea exploration, the nature of the deposits, consisting 

 largely of foraminifera and other microscopic organisms, &c. 

 Mr. Mabbs followed with an account of "The Physical 

 Aspects of the Sea," showing by means of lantern slides, 

 the temperature of the water at varying depths, the currents 

 prevailing in various oceans, the course of the Gulf Stream, 

 and its probable canses, the ebb ani flow of the tides, and 

 the chemical constituents of sea Avater in different places. 

 Mr. Derrick dealt Avith " The Fauna and Flora of the Sea," 

 showing how immense tribes of animals and plants had their 

 abode beneath the waters, from the microscopic diatoms to 

 the vast Sargasso beds, and from the lowly zoophytes to 

 the hordes of fishes AA^hich formed so important an article 

 of human food. All these Avere moi'e or less interdependent 

 on each other, and thus a just balance of life Avas maintained 

 among the myriad denizens of the great deep. 



Dr. W. Duncan exhibited a groAving specimen of an 

 arum-like plant Avhich grOAvs commonly in G-uiana and is 

 locally known by the name of Tannia or Tanya, being 

 eaten there like potatoes. He also exhibited a small bottle- 

 ful of volcanic dust Avhich fell on the island of Barbadoes 

 after the great eruption at Martinique three years ago ; 

 the two places being some ninety miles apart. 



Monthly Meeting held on March 16th, 1905, Rev. W. C. 

 Penney, 31. A., President, in the clu 



la.ir. 



The entire evening Avas occupied by an exceedingly 

 interesting Lecture delivered in the Guille-Alles Lecture Hall 



