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Mr. H. Morland retired, and Mr. A. W. Sheppard, F.R.M.S.,. 

 Hon. Editor, vice Mr. F. P. Smith, resigned. 



Mr. C. F. Rousselet, F.E-.M.S., Vice-President, having taken 

 the Chair, the annual address was delivered by the President,, 

 who dealt with " Some Considerations on the Phenomena of 

 Parasitism amongst Protozoa.'" 



The address was illustrated by a number of coloured diagrams 

 and drawings. 



The Chairman, Mr. C. F. Pousselet, in asking the Meeting to 

 pass a very hearty vote of thanks, said that the President had 

 given them a most interesting address, and he hoped permission 

 would be given for it to be reproduced at length in the Journal. 

 The subject was a very difficult one to discuss. Referring ta 

 some parasites which produced no disease, the Chairman said 

 there were certain sporozoa which infested rotifers, and he had 

 frequently found the bodies quite full of sausage-shaped para- 

 sites ; but they were apparently not harmful. When recently 

 in Canada he had heard it suggested that the extinction of the 

 vast numbers of buffalo was caused by some peculiar parasitic 

 malady. 



The President having replied, the usual votes of thanks to the 

 officers and members of Committees for their services during the 

 past year were carried. 



