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appreciated. Owing' to travelling difficulties the summer excur- 

 sions were fewer than usual, but small cycling- parties visited 

 Sopley and other places accessible by ''wheel." The stringent 

 regulations of D.O.R.A. have much interfered with photographic 

 work, but, in spite of these and other war-time difficulties, the 

 Section has " carried on." 



R. Y. BANKS. 



Piuskal Section. 



Chairman: Hubert Painter, B. Sc., F.C.S. 

 Secretary : Miss Marcia Penrose. 



The five meetings of the Seel ion were all well attended. The 

 Chairman's lecture on " Soap " might be regarded as a continua- 

 tion of the series on important articles of human consumption re- 

 ported in Volume IX. The Rev. L. Winther Caws made the 

 difficult subject of " Wireless Telegraphy " exceedingly interest- 

 ing, and a large number of striking and brilliant experiments 

 were shown by the Rev. L. T. Garland and Mr. Woodward. 

 Mr. Cooke's lecture on " Dust " was excellent. Mr. Tyrrell's 

 paper on the composition of the local waters is printed in the 

 *" Selections from Lectures and Papers," and should, like Mr. 

 .Brown en's paper in Vol. V. on the Chalybeate Spas of the 

 Bournemouth Cliffs, prove useful for future reference. 



H.P. 



Zoological mib Jfticroscopical §cciion. 



Chairman : F. G. Penrose, M.D., F.Z.S. 

 Secretary : H. P». Wells. 



On December loth a Lecture was given on " The Colour of 

 Insects," by Mr. Geo. Grace, illustrated with a beautiful series 

 •of lantern slides which had been coloured by Mrs. Grace. 



The two Lectures by Mr. Goodall on Gnats and Mosquitos 

 have already been referred to under the Entomological Section. 



On February 20th there was a Microscopical Meeting, at 

 which the following members exhibited and explained the slides. 

 Mr. Edwards, 

 Captain David Griffiths, 

 Mr. Wells, 

 Mr. Taylor, 

 and the Chairman. 

 On April 17th Dr. Gosse gave a most interesting account 

 of the Life History of the Oyster. 



At the Reunion in June there were various exhibits, includ- 

 ing selections from the Batley Collection of Birds' Nests and 

 Eggs, which were demonstrated by Mr. W. Parkinson Curtis 

 and his brother, Mr. E. H. Curl is. 



