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Secretary, and twelve members to serve on the Committee. 



The first Ordinary Meeting was held on August 25th, 1865, in 



the rooms at 32, Sackville Street, when the President took 



the chair and gave an interesting inaugural address, and the 



Quekett Microscopical Club was thus fairly started on what has 



proved to be a successful career. The rapid increase in the 



number of members soon made it apparent that the room in 



Sackville Street was not large enough for the purpose, and the 



Eighth Ordinary Meeting was held in the Library of University 



College, kindly placed at the disposal of the Club by the Council 



of the College, through whose courtesy the meetings continued to 



be held there until 1889. Dr. Lankester was succeeded in the 



Presidency by Mr. Ernest Hart, and it was in October 1866 



that the suggestion was made that the proceedings of the 



Club were now of sufficient importance to deserve some record, 



and in the following month reports were taken by Mr. R. T. 



Lewis, who has carried out this duty to the present time. The 



earlier papers read at the meetings were in some instances 



published in the Microscopical Journal or in Science Gossip, but 



they were subsequently printed in the Journal of the Club, 



which was commenced in 1868 under the editorship of Mr. W. 



Hislop. 



The first Soiree of the Club was held at University College 

 on January 4th, 1867, and notwithstanding a heavy fall of 

 snow and frost of exceptional severity, in consequence of 

 which vehicles were only to be obtained at a high premium, 

 it was attended by a large number of members and their 

 friends, and was deemed to have been a decided success. 

 Profiting, however, by the experience gained on this occasion, 

 future Soirees were held somewhat later in the year. The 

 number of members at the end of the second year of the 

 Club's existence was 273. Eleven Field Excursions took place, 

 the Cabinet contained 260 slides, and an "Exchange of Slides 

 Committee" was appointed. 



