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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



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AN ORDINARY MEETING 



OF THE Society was Held at 20 Hanover Square, W., on 

 Wednesday, October 17th, 1917, Mr. E. Heron-Allen, F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S., etc., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting, having been circulated, were 

 taken as read, approved, and signed by the President. 



The President opened the Session in a short speech, in which he 

 commented upon the war activities of the various scientific societies, and 

 pointed out how, under the hegemony of the Royal Society's " Joint 

 Board," loss of energy due to overlapping of interests would in future 

 be avoided. 



The President announced that Mr. Joseph Smith and Mr. Gregory 

 Rawlings had been proposed as Fellows, and the ballot for them would 

 be taken at the next Meeting. 



He also announced the receipt by the So(iiety of the following 

 Donations to the Library : — 



From 



Gage, Simon H., " The Microscope," 12th edition The Publishers. 



Wood, Casey A., "The Fundus Oculi of Birds" The Author. 



Gibbs, L. S., " Phytogeograpby and Flora of the Arfak Mouu-l ^, P 11' h ■ 



Equally important donations comprised an Old Microscope, presented 

 by Mr. Radley, which (pending the report of the Curators) he would 

 merely state was a specimen of the Ellis Aquatic type ; and some 

 extremely interesting Microscopical Apparatus Mr. Ingpen had presented, 

 through Mr. Parsons, which he would ask Mr. Parsons to describe. 



The Society voted its thanks to the various donors. 



Mr. Parsons said that the items that Mr. Ingpen had presented to 

 the Society were (1) an immersion paraboloid illuminator, devised by 

 Dr. James Edmunds ; (2) a sub-stage condensor for oblique light, by 

 Powell and Lealand ; (3) au Abbe diffraction plate, diaphragms, and 



