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QUEKETT MICEOSCOPICAL CLUB. 



JUNE 25th, 1869. 



Arthur E. Durham, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved. 



The following donations were announced, and the thanks of the meeting given 

 to the respective donors : — 



" Science Gossip," from the Publisher; "Monthly Microscopical Journal," 

 from the Publisher; "Scientific Opinion," from the Editor; "Land and 

 Water," from the Editor ; * ' The Quinology of the East India Plantations," 

 from the Author, John Eliot Howard, Esq., F.L.S.,&c, ; sixteen slides from 

 Mr. W. H. Golding. 



Fifteen gentlemen, proposed at the last meeting, were unanimously elected 

 members. 



The President having announced that the next meeting would be the annual 

 meeting, the following names of gentlemen, recommended by the committee for 

 election as officers for the ensuing year, were read : — For President, Mr. Peter 

 Le Neve Foster, M.A. ; Treasurer, Mr. Robert Hardwicke, F.L.S.; Honorary 

 Secretary, Mr. T. Charters White, M.R.C.S. ; Honorary Secretary for Foreign 

 Correspondence, Mr. M. C. Cooke. 



The following gentlemen were nominated for Vice-Presidents, by members 

 present at the meeting :— Mr. Arthur E. Durham, Dr. Braithwaite, Mr. Bywater , 

 and Mr. Hailes. 



The President announced that the following gentlemen would retire from the 

 Committee, in accordance with the rules, viz. : — Messrs. Breese, Hailes, Burgess, 

 and Mclntire. 



The following names were nominated by members to fill the vacancies thus 

 created :— Mr. Mclntire, Mr Thos. Crook, Mr. R. May, Mr. B. T. Lowne, Dr. 

 Millar, and Mr. Matthews, four to be elected. 



Messrs. Suffolk and Marks were unanimously elected auditors. 



Mr. W. H. Leighton gave notice of the following motion ; — " That in future 

 the Annual Meeting be held on the fourth Friday in January." 



Seconded by Mr. John Hopkinson. 



Mr. Cooke read some communications from America. 



Mr. Highley read a paper on the Rev. Mr. Reade's method of illumination.* 



The thanks of the meeting were given to Mr. Highley. 



The following gentlemen were proposed for membership ; — Mr. William H, 

 Allen, Mr. Richard Boyer, Mr. Edwin A. 0. Creer, Mr. Samuel Devenish, Mr. 

 William E. Horn, Mr. F. F. Perry, Mr. Thomas Willmer Pocock, Mr. Samuel 

 Atkinson Richards. Mr. James Thin, and Mr. Joseph Trotter. 



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