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PROCEEDINGS. 



April 22nd, 1887.— Ordinary Meeting. 



A. D. Michael, Esq., F.L.S., F.R.M.S., &c, President, in the 



Chair. 

 The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 

 Mr. T. F. Smith was balloted for and duly elected a member of the Club. 

 The following donations were announced : — 



" The American Naturalist " In exchange. 



" The American MonthlyMicroscopical Journal " „ 



" The Journal of the New York Microscopi- ^ 

 cal Society" ... ... ... ... J 



" Science Gossip " From the Publisher. 



Report of the Smithsonian Society ... ... From the Society. 



" Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society " „ 



Report and Proceedings of the South London") 



Microscopical and Natural History > ,, 



Society ... ... ... ... j 



Report and Proceedings of the Essex ■* 



Natural History Society ... ... ) " 



" The Quarterly Journal of Microscopical -> 



c . „ i Purchased. 



Science ... ... ... ... ) 



Cooke's " British Desmids " 



" Annals of Natural History "... 



" The Microtomist's Vade-Mecum " 



The thanks of the Club were voted to the donors. 



Mr. H. Morland read a paper " On Mounting Media, so far as related to 

 Diatoms." 



Mr. Stokes said he had tried one or two of the preparations mentioned by 

 Mr. Morland, but so far as his experience went the unfortunate part was, 

 that though it was easy to get a medium suitable in other respects, the 

 difficulty was to keep it, because as a rule most of them had a great effect 

 upon the cement, and after a time they were sure to get out. So far as he 

 could see, dry mounts or Canada Balsam were the only kinds to be de- 

 pended upon ; with the others it was only a question of time — how long 

 they would stand. 



Mr. T. C. White said that he quite agreed with what Mr. Morland had 

 said concerning styrax ; he had tried it, and found that after a time it be- 

 came granular. He had thonght it might be a good plan to make a very dense 

 solution of borax in glycerine, so thick as to be almost like a jelly, but he 

 found that however well it answered at first, crystals were sure to form 

 afterwards, and, of course, spoilt everything. 



Professor Stewart said that in making a recent examination of a number 



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