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Messrs. T. R. Brooke, A. E. Bull, R, Weiss, E. J. Barnard^ 

 T. F. Barrett and K. F. Barrett were balloted for and duly 

 elected members of the Club. Mr. F. Enock, F.L.S., was duly 

 elected an Honorary Member of the Club. 



The list of donations to the Club was read and the thanks of 

 the members voted to the donors. 



The Chairman said that they had present as a visitor Di\ 

 J. C. Kaufmann, secretary and founder of the Melbourne (Vic.) 

 Microscoj^ical Society, and he asked members to express their 

 pleasure at seeing him, and to extend their usual hearty welcome 

 to visitors, and especially to one who had come so far. 



Dr. Kaufmann said he much appreciated the hearty welcome 

 accorded him. They had at the Antipodes a good many hard 

 workers, especially, perhaps, in Melbourne. The society which 

 he started some four years ago had now about 200 members, 

 including many men of note in that part of the world. They 

 had many pond-workers perhaps a majority. Mr. J. Shephard^ 

 of Melbourne, a member of the Quekett Club, was also an 

 enthusiastic worker on parasites. They had many medical men 

 on their roll, and the number of microscopical workers in 

 Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia was steadily 

 increasing. 



The Chairman drew attention to the fine series of preparations 

 mounted and exhibited by Messrs. Clarke and Pao;e under micro- 

 scopes provided by Messrs. Watson & Sons. 



The Hon. Sec. read a short note bv Mr. E. M. Nelson, 

 F.R.M.S. The writer said that Mr. Animus had lent him a slide 

 of Mr. Siddall's diatoms having the so-called pseudopodia. When 

 the "pseudopodia" were examined under a Leitz 1/12 oil 

 apochromat, structure could be plainly seen inside the filaments. 

 In one form, a Coscinodiscus, there was something remarkably 

 like a spiral filament in a tube. It is, of course, well known 

 that in certain positions minute dots appear like a spiral ; but on 

 one occasion, when a good straight piece was well seen, any 

 experienced microscopist would have said that it was a spiral 

 structure. On two filaments coming from a Biddulphia the 

 structure was quite different, for it resembled a minutely 

 jointed antenna. (Two drawings were exhibited in illustration.) 



Mr. A. Earland thought this was a very valuable report, as, 

 if markings are present, the filaments cannot be pseudopodia. 



