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Mr. A. E. Hilton exhibited Mycetozoa, sporangium of Arcyria 

 jnmicea, after dispersion of spores ( x 20). 



Mr. J. Burton exhibited various bacteria from decaying fresh- 

 water sponge. Attention was directed to Zoogloea film, formation 

 of spores, and to a very large species of spirillum. 



The Secretary said he regretted to have to announce the death 

 of one of their older members, Mr. C. W. Hovenden, F.R.M.S., 

 who joined the Club in 1874. 



At the meeting of the Club held on November 22nd, 1910, 

 Mr. E. J. Spitta, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., F.R.M.S., Vice-President, 

 in the chair, the minutes of the meeting held on October 25th 

 were read and confirmed. 



Messrs. R. J. Gladstone, M.D., A. W. Harris, M.R.C.S., W. G. 

 Garner, G. W. Watts, the Kev. M. Davidson, G. H. Mummery 

 and H. Jewell were balloted for and duly elected members of the 

 Club. 



The Secretary mentioned that a letter of thanks had been 

 received from Mrs. Wesche in reply to the vote of condolence 

 passed at the last meeting. 



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

 the members were voted to the donors. 



Mr. H. F. Angus, on behalf of Messrs. H. F. Angus & Co., 

 exhibited and described a number of microscopes by K. Winkel, 

 of Gottingen, who, he said, enjoyed a high reputation in Germany, 

 although almost unknown in England. He pointed out that the 

 model was more or less of the Continental type, but differing in 

 several important details, as was to be expected in the productions 

 of an old-established firm who had shown their originality in the 

 past by first employing fluorite in the construction of objectives, 

 and in producing an objective with a hyper-hemispherical front 

 lens. 



The Chairman said he had had the pleasure of examining most 

 of the objectives of this maker and had found them to be remark- 

 ably good, but he noticed that they were numbered, instead of 

 being marked with the magnifying power. This was rather 

 a retrograde step which he was sorry to see taken. He hoped 

 Mr. Angus would use his influence to get this altered. The 



