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until then that he was half so good a fellow, and felt sure that they 

 would hardly hold the same opinion if they knew his own heart as well as 

 he did. He had to thank the members of the Club, not only for their gift, 

 but also for the kindness which he had always received, and he would 

 especially mention the three Secretaries under whom he had served, Mr. 

 Ingpen, Mr. White, and Mr. Karop, as well as the other officers of the Club, 

 from whom he had always received the greatest consideration. But beyond 

 all that he felt he was indebted to the Club for much of the knowledge he 

 now possessed upon microscopical matters. He was one of those who 

 joined it early, for he saw the advertisement calling its first meeting, and it 

 was only by accident — that of not possessing a microscope — that he did not 

 attend that meeting. In the course of a month or two, when he had 

 obtained a microscope, he wrote to Mr. Bywater, and was invited at once to 

 attend. He soon afterwards joined Mr. Suffolk's classes on Manipulation 

 and Mounting, and thus in one way or another got a great deal of practical 

 information to add to the book knowledge which he had previously alone 

 possessed. The service he had been able to perform had been a pleasure to 

 him, and he should be very pleased to continue it as long as they felt that 

 he could do so with advantage to them. He could only conclude his remarks 

 as he began them, by thanking the members of the Club for their valuable 

 present, and for the kindly expression of their feelings towards him. 



Mr. J. E. Ingpen said he hoped he should not be considered out of order 

 if he asked to be allowed personally to thank Mr. Smith for the valuable 

 assistance he had rendered him during his term of office as Secretary. 

 From the time of his election to that office in 1873 to that of his retire- 

 ment in 1884 he had always found Mr. Smith at his post, and always ready 

 and willing to help him in every way. He was anxious not to lose that 

 opportunity of putting upon record his high appreciation of Mr. Smith's 

 merit, and of heartily thanking him for his assistance, and for the many acts 

 of kindness and courtesy received during the period to which he had 

 referred. 



Dr. M. C. Cooke said that it unfortunately happened that they were sub- 

 ject to a good many inconveniences as well as conveniences in London. 

 Trains were apt to be late, and trains to go wrong, and so it happened that 

 instead of being there in good time he had arrived nearly half-an-hour late. 

 They might suppose that the reason for his appearance that evening was 

 something rather important, and they would no doubt be able to surmise 

 what it was. He had come down to say that he considered that the Club 

 that night was doing itself great honour in thus doing what it had an un- 

 doubted right to do, namely, in recognizing the efficiency of the services of 

 one of its officers — one whose constancy, punctuality, and urbanity were so 

 well known to all. When he thought of all that had been done, and the 

 way in which it was done, he could only look back with pleasure to this 

 good example to them all. He was present, therefore, to express his strong 

 approval of what they were doing that evening. They had a feeling in the 

 Club that testimonials should not be given except under special circum- 

 stances, or when there were strong reasons for doing so — hence there was 



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