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few bubbles may appear immediately after mounting, but generally sub- 
side after a few hours, being only the chloroform or turpentine in a state of 
vapour, which becomes condensed.” 
Mr. J. B. Dancer read a very interesting paper “ On Cleaning and Pre- 
paring Diatoms, &c., obtained from Soundings on the 19th November, 
1860 and Mr. G. Mosley one on the same subject, January 21, 1861. 
Report of the Radcliffe Trustees on the Transfer of the Radcliffe Library 
to the Oxford University Museum, by Dr. H. W. Acland, Regius Pro- 
fessor of Medicine, Oxford ; also, by the same author : — • 
Remarks on the Oxford Museum, containing an excellent plan of the new 
building, &c. &c. 
At the Liverpool Naturalists' Field Club ten prizes were distributed at 
the meeting held for the purpose last October. Amongst the prizeholders, 
Miss Gibson collected and classified the largest number of species of plants 
during the season, namely 124, and received as prizes “ Babington’s 
Botany,” and “ Hibberd’s Aquarium.” The number of species collected 
and arranged by some of those ladies who w r ere precluded from competing 
(in consequence of their having already received prizes), amounted to 
nearly 200. The society continues to flourish. 
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