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NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY’S REPORT. 
Mar., 1892. 
well attended, the average number present being twenty-four. 
The papers read have been of great interest. The thanks of 
the Section are sueciallv due to Mr. 0. T. Parsons for the 
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exhibition of a fine series of opals from Queensland ; to Mr. 
F. W. W. Howell for his paper on Iceland; to Professors 
Bonney and Hillhouse for Notes on Permian Breccia of 
Leicestershire ; and to the President, Mr. C. Pumplirey, for 
Ins frequent and valuable assistance with the oxyhydrogen 
lantern. The following papers have been read :— 
February 17th. — “ Norwegian Scenery,” by Mr. C. J. Watson. 
May 17th. — “ South Iceland,” by Mr. F. W. W. Howell. 
April 21st.—“ A Week in North Wales,” by Mr. T. H. Waller. 
June 16th.—“ The Collecting Ground for the Proposed New Water 
Supply of Birmingham,” by Mr. W. P. Marshall. 
October 20th. — “ Notes on the Severn Bore,” by Mr. W. R. Hughes. 
November 17th.—“On Specimens of Permian Breccia of Leicester¬ 
shire, collected by Mr. W. S. Gresley, F.G.S. ; described by 
Professor J. G. Bonney, D.Sc., F.R.S.;” communicated through 
Professor Hillhouse. 
January 19th. — “ The Giant’s Causeway,” by Mr. Charles 
Pumphrey. 
Sociological Section.— President, Mr. W. B. Hughes, 
F.L.S. ; Secretary, Miss Lilie A. Groyne. — Twenty-four 
meetings have been held, of which nine were ordinary and 
fifteen supplementary. At the ordinary meetings the following 
papers have been read, in addition to those in the previously 
published list (See “ Midland Naturalist,” 1891, p. 278) :— 
October 27th. — “ A Great American Thinker,” Mr. H. H. Spears. 
November 24tli. — “ The Philosophy of Tennyson',” Mr. F. Hill. 
December 22nd. — “Lord Herbert of Cherbury,” Mr. P. H. Levi. 
At the supplementary meetings the second and third parts 
of Mr. Herbert Spencer’s “ Principles of Sociology ” have 
been studied; the following expositions having been read, in 
addition to those in previous list :— 
October 14th. — “ The Family,” Mr. Herbert Stone, F.L.S. 
November 5th. — “ The Status of Women,” Miss Mary Dalton] 
November 12th. — “ The Status of Children,” Miss Moseley. 
December 10th.—“ Domestic Retrospect and Prospect,” Mr. W. R. 
Hughes, F.L.S. 
The average attendance at the meetings has been fifteen, 
including one large meeting with an attendance of 100. The 
section regrets the loss of two members during last year, Mr. 
E. Hill and Mr. A. J. Hill, of Leamington, who are unable 
to attend the meetings. On the other hand, there has been 
a decided improvement in the attendance at the Tuesday 
meetings, and it is hoped that the papers to be read next 
session, covering as they do a wider area of philosophical, 
sociological, and literary interest, may further stimulate the 
attendance on these evenings. 
