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July 18th.—The Coast aud Foreshore at Highcliffe, by Mr. Geo. de 
Castro, M.R.C.S. Geographical. 
July 21st.—Lady Baker’s Pottery Works at Keysworth, by Mr. Hubert 
Painter, B.Sc., F.C.S. Physical. 
The Council has approved of steps being taken to form an 
Entomological Section ; this is likely to be warmly supported by 
the leading Entomologists in the district. 
At the last Annual Meeting Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G., 
J. P., M.A., etc., was unanimously elected President and delivered 
his inaugural address in the large Lecture Hall of the Municipal 
College on November 8th. Copies of the address have been 
printed and circulated. 
It is a pleasure to add that he has kindly consented to be 
nominated as President for the coming year. 
The Society has suffered the loss by death of Dr. Alfred 
Russel Wallace, O.M. The Council regrets to report the resigna¬ 
tion of its Hon. Secretary, Mr. Theo. Michell, M.Inst.C.E. Mr. 
R. A. de Paiva, formerly Assistant Hon. Secretary, has been 
appointed Secretary. Owing to the resignation of Mr. Geo. 
Brownen, F.C ; S., of the Chairmanship of the Archaeological Sec¬ 
tion, Canon T. E. Usherwood, M.A., has kindly undertaken the 
• office of Chairman of the Archaeological and Historical Section. 
The Society’s Room at the Municipal College, Lansdowne, 
has afforded more convenient accommodation for the Library and 
for Meetings of Sections than those formerly occupied at Gran¬ 
ville Chambers. 
In June the South-Eastern L’nion of Scientific Societies held 
its nineteenth Congress at Bournemouth, from the ioth to the 
J3th of that month, the Natural Science Society assisting the 
Mayor and Corporation in making all the arrangements for the 
reception and entertainment of the Delegates. The Headquarters 
were in the Municipal College, Lansdowne, the use of the Corri¬ 
dors and numerous rooms having been granted by the Education 
Committee. 
The opening address was given by Dr. P. Chalmers Mitchell, 
President of the Congress. On each morning Lectures were de¬ 
livered by Members of the Congress, and in the evening of the 
1 2th an important address was delivered by Sir Ronald Ross, 
K. C.B., F.R.S., on the subject of “ Tropical Medicine.” The 
afternoons were devoted to excursions, the principal ones being to 
Heron Court and Wimborne Minster, and to Christchurch Priory. 
A successful Garden Party was given by Mr. Walter Child Clark 
at Michelgrove House, Boscombe. The gardens and grounds of 
Mr. G. G. Hamilton, at Boscombe Place, were also open to the 
Members of the Congress. On the evening of the nth a Reception 
and Conversazione were given by the Mayor in the Great Hall of 
the Municipal College, at which numerous exhibits of wide spread 
interest were shown; the number and importance of these exhibits 
were chiefly due to the exertions of Mr. Hamilton, F.R.C.S., 
