426 R. T. LEWIS ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE 



A meeting of twelve gentlemen known to be interested in the 

 microscope was therefore called, and took place on June 14th, 

 1865, at the offices of Mr. Robert Hardwicke in Piccadilly. This 

 meeting was attended by eleven out of the twelve summoned, the 

 chair was taken by Mr; M. C. Cooke, and on the motion of Mr. 

 W. Gibson it was unanimously resolved that such a Club should 

 be formed, and on the motion of Mr. E. Jaques it was also 

 unanimously decided that a provisional Committee of five gentle- 

 men, with Mr. Bywater as Secretary, should be appointed, and 

 charged with the duty of deciding as to the best means of carrying 

 out the object in view, and to report the result of their delibera- 

 tions to an adjourned meeting to be held on July 7th. This 

 meeting, which was held at St. Martin's National Schools, was 

 attended by about sixty gentlemen, when four suggestions made 

 by the Committee were discussed and severally put to the meeting, 

 it being eventually decided : 



(1) That the new society should be called the Quekett 

 Microscopical Club. 



(2) That the meetings be held on the fourth Friday of every 

 month. 



(3) That the subscription be 10s. per annum, payable in 

 advance, and be considered due as from July 1st, 1865. 



(4) That the business of the Club be conducted by a President, 

 two Vice-Presidents, twelve Members of Committee, a Secretary 

 and a Treasurer. 



It was further decided that the provisional Committee should 

 be empowered to carry on the business of the Club and to receive 

 subscriptions until the appointment of regular officers had been 

 duly made ; the meeting was then adjourned until August 4th, 

 1865. At the adjourned meeting, which was also held at 

 St. Martin's Schools, a series of eleven By-laws were passed, 

 Dr. Edwin Lankester was elected the first President of the Club, 

 with Messrs. M. C. Cooke and P. le Neve Foster as Vice-Presi- 

 dents, Mr. Robert Hardwicke as Treasurer, Mr. W. M. Bywater 



