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Oil the evening of Thiirsthi}^, the 17th February, 
the Society gave a conversazione in the City Hall 
similar to that of last year. The proceedings 
were opened by the Lord Provost, one of the 
Patrons, who was accompanied to the platform 
by Sheriff Barclay, Hr Miller, Mr Andrew Coates, 
Bridgend House ; Mr Hector Macduff, Hillside; 
and Mr Bobert Pullar, along wdth the Presi¬ 
dent of the Society, Hr Buchanan White. The 
Lord Provost stated shortly the object of their 
meeting, and the pleasure it afforded him to be 
there, and he hoped that success would continue 
to attend the labours of the Society in the future. 
The gentlemen ha\ing left the platform, the company 
which numbered about 2(30 dispersed themselves over 
the Hall, in examination of the various objects 
exhibited. The arrangement of the hall, and the 
difficulty of hearing on the previous occasion, induced 
the committee to have no lectures this time ; so 
the company formed themselves into groups around 
the tables inspecting their contents and conversing 
on the many points of interest before them. In the 
side room an exhibition of microscopic objects was 
made by the oXyhjulrogen light, along with views 
taken from Professor Lnger’s work on the Primitive 
AVorld. This department was under the care of Mr 
Sadler of Edinburgh, (the microscope, &c,, belonging 
to Mr Bryson, optician, Edinburgh,) and was well 
patronised during the course of the evening. 
The hall itself consisted of two great divisions, 
formed by a promenade running from the entrance 
door to the platform, access being had to the divisions 
on either hand by arches of evergreens. That on the 
south side of the hall contained hi its subdivisions 
the Perthshire collection and other collections of 
natural history proper. In the north division there 
was a miscellaneous gathering, consisting chieflv of 
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Indian and Chinese curiosites, pictures, photographs. 
