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May 23rd, 1879. — Ordinary Meeting. 



Charles Stewart, Esq., M.R.C.S., &c., Vice-President, 



in the Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and duly elected members of 

 the Club : - Mr. Edward Bonsor, Mr. A. Button, Mr. H. C. Carpenter, Mr. 

 Thos. R. Dallmeyer, Mr. Wm. Dawson, Mr. Win. F. Dixon, Mr. C. J. Harris 

 Mr Thos. Isaac, Mr. P. Newcombe, Mr. Wm. J. Pilcher, Mr. J. D. Pritchard 

 Mr. Wm. Rideout, Dr. Thos. Smith, Mr. Jas. Stocken, Mr. John Stubbing 

 Mr. C. Sturt, Mr. Isaac C. Thompson, Mr Jno. J. Vezey, the Rev. G. E. 

 Watts, Mr. Jno. Wheldon. 



Four gentlemen were proposed for membership 



The following donations to the Club were announced : — 



"Proceedings of the Royal Society" from the Society. 



u Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society" ... 

 '* Second Annual Report of the East Kent") 



Natural History Society" j " " 



" Eighth Annual Report of the South London") 

 Natural History Society" ... ... ) 



11 Second Annual Report of the Hackney ^) 

 Natural History Society" ... ... ) 



''The American Quarterly Journal of Micros-) 



„ \ in Exchange, 



oopy ... ... ... ... , . , j 



" Science Gossip" ... ... ... from the Publisher. 



" Annals of Natural History '' ... by Purchase. 



"The Midland Naturalist" ... in Exchange. 



"The Analyst" ... ... ... from the Publisher. 



A photograph for the Club album of Mr. B. D. Jackson. 



The thanks of the meeting were voted to the donors. 



The Secretary announced that a letter had been received from the Ealing 

 Microscopical Society, thanking those members of the Llub who had ren- 

 dered assistance at the Society's recent Soiree. 



Mr. Ingpen offered some observations upon Dr. Matthews' " Micro-mega- 

 scope.'' Referring to some remarks that had been made at the meeting of 

 the 28th of February, he said that Dr. Matthews was very desirous of 

 having the circumstances explained, and had requested him to do so in the 

 most explicit manner. They all knew that Dr. Matthews was one of the 

 last men in the world to appropriate without recognition anything that had 

 been done by others. In this case there was no doubt that Mr. James 

 Smith had used a similar arrangement for the same purpose, and that he 



