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position, and for some months has earned the thanks of all by 

 his efficiency in performing the duties connected with it. 



The number present at both the Ordinary and Gossip Meetings 

 has been good, though for the latter part of the time it has been 

 lessened somewhat by the absence of previously regular attendants 

 owing to engagements in various capacities in the army, as well 

 as by the general unrest brought about by the war. On the 

 Gossip nights there has been no less enthusiasm and good work 

 done than previously ; but the Committee wish, while thanking 

 those who have done so much to make these meetings a success, 

 to press upon the attention of all, the desirability of their making 

 an effort to bring a microscope and some object for exhibition, 

 and thus add their endeavours for the well-being of the whole. 



The papers and notes read were as follows : 



Communications during 1914. 



January 27th. Some Observations on Sub-stage Illumination, 



by S. C. Akehurst. 

 January 27th. On an Attempt to Resolve Pinnularia nobilis, 



by T. A. O'Donohoe. 

 February 2ith. President's Address : Organisms and Origins, 



by Prof. Arthur Dendy, D.Sc., F.R.S. 

 March 2kth. Some Notes on the Structure of Diatoms, by N. E. 



Brown, A.L.S. 

 March 2kth. On a New Oil-Immersion Objective and On a New 



Method of Illumination, by E. M. Nelson, F.R.M.S. 

 April 2&th. On a New Low-power Condenser, by E. M. Nelson, 



F.R.M.S. 

 April 2&th. On the Fertilisation of Vinca minor, by N. E. 



Brown, A.L.S. 

 May 26th. Notes on the Cultivation of Badhamia utricular is, 



by A. E. Hilton. 

 May 26th. On Binocular Microscopes, by E. M. Nelson, F.R.M.S. 

 June 23rd. Notes on Fossils from the Coal Measures, by W. E. 



Watson Baker. 

 June 23rd. Notes on the History of tjie Club, in Celebration of 



the 500th Ordinary Meeting, by Dr. E. J. Spitta. 

 October 27th. Report of the Havre Meeting of the British 



Association, by C. F. Rousselet, F.R.M.S., the Club's 



delegate. 



