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JULY 23rd, 1869. 

 ANNUAL MEETING. 



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



The Fourth Annual General Meeting was held at University College, in 

 accordance with the rules . 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 



The following, being the Fourth, Annual Report was read, together with 

 the financial statement; — 



" In presenting the Fourth Annual Report, the Committee of the Quekett 

 Microscopical Club have great pleasure in again congratulating the members on 

 the continued prosperity and increasing success of the Club. Very consider- 

 able additions have been made to the list of members, the meetings have been 

 increased in frequency, and the large attendances thereat have evinced well 

 sustained interest in the proceedings, 



' ' At the last Annual Meeting the Committee expressed a hope that arrange- 

 ments would speedily be made by which more frequent opportunities of meeting 

 during the winter months would be afforded. This hope has been fully realised. 

 By the liberality of the Council of University College your Committee were 

 enabled to make the experiment of holding extra meetings for conversation and 

 the exhibition of specimens. The success of these meetings was so great that 

 the Council of the College have readily consented to their continuance, in addi- 

 tion to renewing permission for the ordinary meetings during the present year. 

 Your Committee cannot sufficiently express their appreciation of the advantages 

 thus freely conferred upon the Club by the authorities of the College. 



" During the year just completed the ' Journal of Transactions' has appeared 

 at the usual quarterly periods. Your Committee trust the objects for which it 

 was projected are being attained, that by it absent members are made better 

 acquainted with the proceedings of the Club, and that it is thus becoming a 

 means of bringing members into closer intercourse. 



"It will be interesting to members to be informed that the soiree given in 

 March last was eminently successful. It was attended by upwards of 1,400 

 members and friends, and very many interesting objects were exhibited. The 

 Committee desire to express their cordial thanks to those gentlemen by whose 

 assistance they were enabled to carry out their plans to so successful an issue. 



"The papers which have been read during the past year have been full of 

 interest, and have appeared in tlie Journal as nearly in extenso as space would 

 allow. The Committee trust that during the ensuing year an increased number 

 of members will contribute papers embodying the results of some of their in- 

 vestigations. 



The slides in the Cabinet amount in number to 1,242, the following additions 

 having been received during the year ; — 



Mr. Collins 



„ Cooke 



,, Curties 

 Dr. Dompsey 

 Mr. Edmonds 



., Golding 



,, Groves 



,, Hislop 



,, Kilsby 



