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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



QUEKETT MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 



At the 492nd ordinary meeting of the Club, held on October 28th, 

 1913, the President, Prof. A. Dendy, D.Sc, F.R.S., in the chair, 

 the minutes of the meeting held on June 24th, 1913, were read 

 and confirmed. 



Mr. S. G. H. Knox was balloted for and duly elected a member 

 of the Club. 



The Hon. Secretary said they were favoured with the presence 

 of several visitors, to whom he offered a hearty welcome on behalf 

 of the Club. 



The President said that members would be sorry to hear that 

 since the last ordinary meeting the Club has sustained the loss of 

 one of our more well-known members : the Right Hon. Sir Ford 

 North, F.R.S., died on October 12th, at the age of eighty-three. 

 He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and a keen entomologist. 

 He was elected a member of the Club in 1894, became a member 

 of the committee in 1899, and was one of the vice-presidents from 

 February 1901. His patience and experience in directing a 

 meeting when he occupied the chair made him a most valuable 

 member of the Club, and one whose loss will be much regretted. 



Mr. E. J. Spitta said that Sir Ford North hardly ever missed 

 attending the meetings of the Club, and he thought that a more 

 charming man never existed. Often in committee he would 

 remain silent for a long time, and would then rap out a very 

 clever opinion on the matter before them. During the four years 

 of his (Mr. Spitta's) presidency he had frequent opportunities of 

 intercourse with Sir Ford North, and on every occasion had found 

 him a courteous friend. 



Mr. Spitta then moved: "That the Committee be empowered 

 through the Secretary to convey to the relatives of the late Sir 

 Ford North an expression of their regret and sympathy." 



This having been put to the meeting, it was unanimously 

 carried by the members present silently rising. 



