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The Annual General Meeting then terminated, and the ordinary meeting was 

 hold. 



The following donations to the Club were announced and the thanks of 

 the meeting were given to their respective donors:—" Science Gossip," from 

 the Publisher ; " Popular Science Review," from the Publisher; "Scientific 

 Opinion," from the Publisher; "Land and Water,'' from the Editor; 

 "Transactions of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society," Vols. 

 III. to VII., from the Society; " Micrographia," by Dr. Goring and Andrew 

 Pritchard, from Mr. Thomas Russell ; " Monthly Microscopical Journal,' from 

 the Publisher. 



Mr. Bywater read a paper, by Mr. James J. Field, on the " Ratio-micro- 

 polariscope," which was illustrated by a diagram, and the instrument was 

 afterwards exhibited and explained by Mr. Field. 



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

 members of the Club. 



The following gentlemen were proposed for membership :— Mr. G. C. Gowan, 

 Mr. William Samuel Mavor, and Mr. W. Fell Woods. 



The President announced the extra meetings and excursions during the 

 ensuing month. 



The meeting then terminated with the usual conversazione. 



AUGUST 27th, 1869. 

 Dr. Braithwaite, Vice-President, in the Chair, 



A letter was read from the President, regretting his unavoidable absence 

 from the meeting. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 



The following donations to the Club were announced, and the thanks of the 

 meeting given to their respective donors : — " Land and Water," from the 

 Editor ; three negatives of a glass tumbler, in illustration of the nature of 

 diatom markings, and positives printed from same, together with the half 

 tumbler from which they were done, from Mr. Beckett; a number of slides of 

 Chelymorpha Phyllophora, from Messrs. F. Oxley and T. C. White j and three 

 slides from Mr. Moginie. 



Three gentlemen proposed at the last meeting were unanimously elected 

 members of the club. 



A paper on " Oysters and Oyster Spat," by Mr. G. W. Hart, one of Her 

 Majesty's Inspectors of Oyster Fisheries, was read by the Secretary. 



Mr Hislop read a paper on a "New Analysing Selenite Stage." (Seepage225.) 



Mr. J . Matthews read a paper on a ' 'New and Simple Method of Micrometry." 

 (Seepage 231.) 



Mr. Hailes called attention to a new porcelain lamp shade, and laid 

 specimens on the table for the examination of members. 



Mr. Hislop exhibited a modification of the mercurial thermometer for register- 

 ing the temperature at which micro-crystals are formed. 



Mr. Hislop called attention to a new S^in. object glass, made by Mr. Smith, 

 junr. 



The following gentlemen were proposed for membership ; — Mr. J. D. Radclifi", 

 Mr. William Matthews, Mr. Richard Epps, and Mr. William Ackland. 



The Chairman then announced the extra meeting and the excursions for the 

 ensuing month, and the proceedings terminated with the usual conversazione. 



