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the disposal of the Section, it may fairly he anticipated that 
in future a still further development will he observed, both 
in the general interest taken in the meetings, and in the 
practical work done. 
The Council desires to draw attention to the fact 
that the Section has spent, on book cases, tables, carpets, 
&c., for their new room, now devoted to the use of the 
Section, the sum of £169 12s. lid. The money has been 
thus obtained : £50 has been paid out of the Natural His- 
tory grant, as allowed by the Parent Society; £54 2s. lid. 
out of the funds of the Section; and £65 10s. being the 
amount of donations in aid of this special expenditure by 
several members and associates of the Section (see Trea- 
surer’s Report). 
The Section has also expended the sum of £55 8s. on 
the purchase of a large and excellent Binocular Microscope 
Stand and accessories, by Messrs. Powell and Lealand, of 
London. 
The sum of £5 has also been subscribed towards 
the expenses of the Marine Biological Association at 
Liverpool, which is doing good work under the direction 
of Hr. Herdman. 
The Council desire to place on record their sorrow at 
the loss which the Section has sustained in the death of 
Mr. J. Sidebottom, F.R.A.S., of Bowdon. 
The following communications have been made, and 
papers read to the Section. Those marked with an asterisk 
have been recommended by the Section for printing in the 
Memoirs ” of the Society : — 
Mr. Stirrup exhibited a small slab of the “flexible sandstone of 
India” from Kariana. He also exhibited some indented and 
fractured pebbles from the great conglomerate beds of the old red 
sandstone of Scotland, as exposed at Dunottan Castle, near Stone- 
haven, Kincardineshire. 
Professor Boyd Dawkins also exhibited specimens, showing the 
