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increase of 10 members since its 

 formation in August last. The 

 formation of a library has been 

 commenced, and during the session 

 there have been exhibitions of speci- 

 mens in botany, entomology, orni- 

 thology, and geology, and several 

 papers on scientific subjects have 

 been read at the meetings. 



GooLE Scientific Society. — 

 Meeting Jan. 12th. — A pajper 

 was read by the Rev. R. D. 

 Maxwell, on '^Science and Specula- 

 tion," in which the advantages, 

 aims and methods of scientific re- 

 search were eloquently set forth, 

 and it was sviggested that, if 

 possible, a class should be formed 

 in connexion with the Yorkshire 

 College of Science.— H. Franklin 

 Parsons, Sec. 



Heckmondwike Naturalists' 

 Society. — On Saturday, the 15th 

 January, the annual opening soiree 

 of this Society was held, when 

 upwards of 70 sat down to an ex- 

 cellent tea, T. B. Oldfield, Esq. 

 president, in the chair. After the 

 opening remarks of the president, 

 the usual loyal toasts were given 

 and responded to. The following 

 Societies were represented by their 

 respective presidents, viz : — Hud- 

 dersfield, Barnsley, Holmfirth, 

 Liversedge, Middlestown, and 

 Bradford. The evening was very 

 pleasantly spent, and enlivened by 

 music, during the intervals of which 

 many local toasts were given. — 

 J. Dearden, Hon. Sec. 



HUDDERSFIELD NaTURALISTS' 



Society. — Meeting January 10th, 



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the president, Mr. G. T. Porritt, 

 F.L.S., in the chair. The chairman 

 exhibited specimens of Eupithc^cia 

 dodoneata, taken during the past 

 season, he believed in the New 

 Forest. Mr. Joseph Whitwam 

 ]presented to the Society a nice 

 collection of local conchological 

 specimens, including many scarce 

 species. Mr. George Liversedge 

 presented various species of Le2n- 

 doptera. The president read an 

 interesting paper entitled " An 

 Entomological Visit to Kent," 

 which was listened to with great 

 interest by the members present. 

 — George Brook, Hon. Sec, 



Rastrick and Brighouse 

 Naturalists' Society. — Meeting 

 10th January, the president in the 

 chair. There was a good attend- 

 ance of members. Mr. W. M. 

 Turner exhibited and named a 

 number of plants, among which 

 were the bay tree (Laurus nobilis), 

 Hellehorus niger, and a frond of 

 Folystichum angulare. Mr. G. L. 

 Lister exhibited a considerable 

 number of rare and beautiful fossils 

 from the Low Moor coal measures, 

 including Lepidodendron ohovatum, 

 Gyracanthus tuhercidaris, Ctenacan- 

 thus, and a section eleven inches 

 long of the vertebral column of 

 Lahyrinthodon. Mr. A. Firth 

 also exhibited a splendid specimen 

 of Stigmaria, — jW. . M. Turner, 

 Hon. Sec. 



Ovenden Naturalists' Society. 

 — The tenth annual dinner of the 

 above society took place at the 

 Queen's_^Head Inn, lUingworth, on 

 the last^^Satvirday in December, 



