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The thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Bremner for his 

 communication. 



The Hon. Secretary called attention to the death of Dr. James 

 Edmunds, which took place at Brighton on the 15th inst., at 

 the age of 79. He was a very keen microscopist, and it was 

 chiefly to him that they owed a piece of apparatus of great value 

 the immersion paraboloid. The idea of this was put forward 

 by Mr. F. H. Wenham in 1855, but Dr. Edmunds demonstrated 

 its great value in 1877. 



The President having appointed Messrs. A. C. Banfield and 

 N. E. Brown as scrutineers, the ballot for Officers and Committee 

 for the ensuing year was proceeded with. 



The Hon. Secretary (Mr. W. B. Stokes) read the Committee's 

 forty-fifth Annual Keport. It was considered that the past year 

 was one of marked progress. Forty -six new members were 

 elected. By resignation the Club lost sixteen members, and by 

 death five. The present number on the books is 480, an increase 

 of twenty-five over last year. 



The Hon. Treasurer (Mr, F. J. Perks) presented the Annual 

 Statement of Accounts, and the Balance Sheet for the year 1910, 

 which had been duly audited and found correct. 



Mr. A. D. Michael moved that " the Report and Balance 

 Sheet be received and adopted, and that they be printed and 

 circulated in the usual way." He was sure all would agree that 

 they showed the Club to be in a very satisfactory condition, and 

 as they spoke for themselves it was not necessary for him to say 

 anything further to recommend them. 



Mr. John Pearson having seconded the motion, it was put to 

 the meeting by the President and carried unanimously. 



The President, having asked Mr. A. J. Scourfield to take the 

 chair, delivered his Annual Address, dealing this year with 

 " Some Problems of Evolution in the Simplest Forms of Life," 



Mr. Scourfield said he was sure that all present would agree 

 that they owed a deep debt of gratitude to their President for 

 his most suggestive and stimulating address. To amateurs like 

 himself who were still " living among the tree-tops " it was very 

 consoling to know upon such high authority that there was so 

 much yet to be done among the lowest forms of life, for it 

 encouraged them to continue to labour for the further efiiciency 

 of the microscope and for a fuller knowledge of these forms of 



