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(^graphical §£cirmt. 



Chairman : Claude Lyon. 

 Secretary : W. J. Woodhou&e, A.C.P. 



The Geographical Section carried on its work with success 

 during last season. The lectures were, the Chairman ventures to 

 think, well up to the average in number and interest ; the large 

 aud : ences by which they were attended were, indeed, a proof of 

 their popularity. 



Owing to the War the excursions were fewer than usual : two 

 took place in conjunction with the Physical Section. Both these, 

 thanks to the excellent arrangements which had been made by 

 the management and staff at the works visited, were most success- 

 ful. 



Mr. Lyon was again most efficiently assisted by Mr. Wood- 

 house, his energetic Secretary, to whom he would again tender 

 his heartiest thanks. 



Through the Chairman of this Section, Mrs. Philpott very 

 generously presented to the Society the valuable collection of 

 Egyptian Antiquities which she and her late husband had gradu- 

 ally accumulated during their many visits to Egypt. These 

 Egyptian objects are among the most interesting and valuable of 

 the various collections now in the possession of the Society. 



C.L. 



deologtcal g^rtion. 



Chairman : W. Munn Rankin, M.Sc, B.Sc. 

 Secretary : George Grace, B.Sc, A.R.C.S. 



During the winter session a large number of lectures were 

 given, as a rule two a month. The chief feature was a course of 

 lectures on the Kimmeridge Oil Shales; by the Chairman, on the 

 geology, Mr. A. Swinney on the mining, and Mr. A. Teichfield on 

 the chemistry. The series was closed by a symposium in which 

 the various points of the subject were summarised and other 

 members of the Society took part. 



W.M.R. 



fSholagraphical Ration. 



Chairman: R. Y. Banks. 

 Secretary : Edwin Dodshon, LL.D. 



This Section has mainta : ned its activities throughout the year 

 though in a somewhat restricted form. Much work has been done 

 by several members in preparing slides for the various lectures, 

 and these, with many of a record nature, have brought the number 

 up to over 1,200. 



