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done all the work by himself. He thought this was a unique 

 instance, for he did not think there had been any prev^ious case 

 in which the Hon. Librarian of a scientific society had continued 

 his work for so long a time. They were of course very sorry 

 to lose his services, though at his advanced age this was rather 

 to be expected ; indeed, he had intended to resign at the end of 

 the year, so that the accident had only anticipated this by a few 

 months. The members would be glad to hear that Mr. Smith 

 was going on well, and hoped to be about again shortly. 



The vote of thanks and sympathy to Mr. Smith was then put 

 to the meeting and unanimously carried. 



Mr. A. Earland, F.R.M.S., read a paper communicated by 

 Dr. E. Penard, of Geneva, on " Some Rhizopods from Sierra 

 Leone." 



A hearty vote of thanks to Dr. Penard for his paper was 

 <3arried unanimously. 



Mr. T. A. O'Donohoe read a paper " On the Spermatozoa of 

 the Flea and the Blowfly," and illustrated the subject with a 

 number of photographs thrown upon the screen. 



The Chairman, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. O'Donohoe 

 for his paper, said that though the subject was not one which 

 appeared to have been studied by the members of the Club, he 

 thought it was well to have their attention called to it. 



Mr. E. M. Nelson's paper, " On the Effect of Normal and 

 Abnormal Vision on the Power of the Microscope," was read 

 by Mr. J. H. Pledge (Hon. Assistant Secretary). 



The Chairman moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Nelson for his 

 communication, which at that late hour it would not be possible 

 to discuss. 



The Hon. Secretary announced that the Committee had 

 appointed Mr. Akehurst as Librarian and Mr. Caffyn as 

 Assistant Librarian in place of Mr. Smith. He was sure the 

 members of the Club would be glad to know that they had 

 among.st them those who were willing to undertake duties which 

 were more or less onerous, and constituted a tie upon theii 

 .spare time. 



