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deceived from Mr. Joseph Clark, of Street, Somerset, who had 

 on previous occasions communicated with Mr. Guille respecting 

 the natural history of Guernsey, which the writer has studied 

 during his visits to the island. In the course of the letter Mr. 

 Clark says : " I have been fairly successful in getting slides of 

 the sponges I brought home from Guernsey. I enclose a pho- 

 tograph of part of a small calci-sponge, which I obtained 

 from a rock-pool north of the Salerie Battery." Two photos 

 were sent, which show the structure of the sponge in a very 

 interesting manner. Mr. Guille also adverted to the great 

 educational value of natural history studies, and gave some 

 interesting instances of the successful manner in which micro- 

 scopic and other researches are prosecuted by ladies in New 

 York. 



The election of officers for the ensuing year was next 

 proceeded with, the following gentlemen being appointed :— 

 President, Mr. J. Whitehead ; vice-president, Mr. G. T. 

 Derrick ; treasurer, Mr. W. A. Luff ; hon. sec, Mr. W. Sharp ; 

 committee, Messrs. F. M. Alles, J. Paint, A. Collenette, E. L. 

 Spencer, H. Crousaz, and S. J. Hugo. 



Several interesting natural history specimens were exhi- 

 bited at the meeting, and afterwards the members inspected 

 the museum, the re-arrangement of which is rapidly pro- 

 gressing. 



At a Committee Meeting held Nov. 9th, it was decided 

 "That in order to encourage a taste among young people for 

 the study of Nature, the Guernsey Society of Natural Science 

 should offer from time to time prizes for the best collections of 

 natural objects, and that three prizes 10s., 6s., 4s., be offered for 

 the best collections of Mosses. The collections are to be sent 

 to the Guille- Alles Library, by "Wednesday, Jan. 19th, 1887. 

 The date and locality to be affixed to each specimen. 



