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that this was not the way to proceed, as the sugar seemed to maintain its 

 crystalline condition. He then tried dissolving some sugar in water until he 

 got it highly saturated, afterwards adding the lime. By this process he 

 seemed at first to get more satisfactory results, but the next morning he 

 found the cement had come'to an untimely end, with the exception of one 

 specimen. In this case he had united two slips of glass with cement between 

 them, and he tried to break them apart, but though he dropped them and 

 broke the glass, the two surfaces did not separate, and he thought he had 

 met with success ; but on looking at them again on the previous evening he 

 found that the cement had once more resolved itself into its original con- 

 stituents, and the result was that he was no wiser than before. He had 

 mentioned the matter to a sugar refiner, who told him that he thought the 

 idea was quite a mistake, and that the action of sugar upon lime was simply 

 a rotting action, as he frequently found in his factory when sugar happened 

 to be dropped upon a cement floor. He thought, however, that notwith. 

 standing his want of success, his experiences in the matter might be worth 

 noting. 



Votes of thanks having been passed to the President and to Mr. Epps for 

 their communications, 



The Secretary announced that as the date of their ordinary meeting in 

 December fell this year on Christmas Eve it would be omitted. The next 

 ordinary meeting would therefore be held on January 28, when, according to 

 their new rules, nominations for officers and council to be elected at the 

 meeting in February would have to be made. It was also announced that 

 the usual annual dinner of the Club would take place at the Holborn 

 Restaurant on the day following the Annual General Meeting of the Club. 



The proceedings then terminated with the usual Conversazione, and the 

 following objects were exhibited : — 



Eurycercus lamellatus ... ... ... ... Mr. P. W. Andrew. 



Cladophora, with diatoms m situ ... ... Mr. A. L. Corbett. 



Diatoms mounted in cassia oil ... ... ... Mr. C. L. Curties. 



Generative organs of male Flea, dissected ~) -^ ^, (j ur +: es 

 entire by Mr. Tatem ... ... ... ) 



Myriapod, Julus pulchellus, with parasitical ") -»j ^ ™ Mainland 

 acari attached ... ... ... j 



Argas persicus, from Adelaide, Australia, living Mr. A. D. Michael. 



Arachnoidiscus omatus j Mr , E . M . Nelson< 



Actinoptychus splendens ... ... ) 



Scale of Podura (Lepidocyrtus curvicollis) } ^ 

 with T Vth apochromatic homo, immer. 

 N.A. 1.40 



AmpMpleura pellucida, with the same, and 

 achro. imm. condenser 



Rotifer, Polyarthra platyptera Mr. C. Rousselet. 



Section of Quartzite from the Wrekin, Salop... Mr. G. Smith. 



Spicules of Gorgonia, Holothuria, &c Mr. W. Watson. 



Attendance — Members, 62 ; Visitors, 7. 



Messrs. Powell and 

 Lealand. 



