IReport of flDeetmgs. 
For the year ending December jist, igio. 
SPECIAL features of the Session were, in the first place, the 
lectures held in connection with the Geographical Association 
on November 9th, when Lieut. Etherton lectured to an audience 
of about 120 on his travels " From India to Siberia," and, in the 
second place Capt. Mackay's account of the work of the recent 
" Sleeping Sickness Commission in Uganda," which was delivered 
to an audience of about 100 members and friends. 
The Presidential Address by the retiring President, Mr. J. W. 
White, F.L.S., entitled, " History of Bristol Botany " (Part III.), 
was given on Thursday, January 20th ; other meetings were held 
as follows : — 
Jan. 20th. — Annual Meeting. Presidential Address, Mr. J. W. 
White, F.L.S., "History of Bristol Botany" 
(Part III.) 
Feb. 22nd. — Dr. W. A. Smith, M.A., " Tennyson as a Naturalist." 
Mar. 10th. — C. Bucknall, Mus. Baa, "Comets and the Solar 
System." 
April 14th. — G. Munro Smith, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., " Notes on 
some Birds of the District." 
May 5th. — Dr. J. Stuart Thomson, " Seasonal Changes in the 
Life of Fishes." 
Oct. 6th. — J. H. Priestley, "From Fern Frond to Flower." 
Nov. gth. — Lieut. Etherton, " From India to Siberia across 
the Himalayas/' (Joint Meeting with the Geo- 
graphical Association). 
Dec. 8th.— Capt. Mackie, I. M.S., F.R.C.S., "Sleeping Sick- 
ness in Uganda." 
GEOLOGICAL SECTION. 
THE year commenced with 40 members only, which is a great 
falling off from previous years, and I regret to report there 
has been a falling off each year for the last four years. 
There have been seven meetings during the year, when the 
following papers were read : — 
January 27th. — "The Geology of the South Wales Coalfield," 
by Prof. W. S. Boulton (illustrated by Lantern Slides and Maps). 
February 22nd. — " Beekite, an interesting local mineral " (illus- 
trated by Photographs and Lantern Slides), by W. H. Wickes. 
