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years and they show no change in the cells, no milkiness, no air-bubbles, and 

 the cement remains firm. Feeling convinced that its use is attended with so 

 many great advantages I thought I should be acting the part of a churl if I kept 

 back its knowledge from the Society any longer." 



The communication was accompanied by some bottles of the cement for distri- 

 bution. 



The thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. White. 



Referring to Lis large donation of slides to the cabinet of the Club, Mr. Cooke 

 remarked that their value chiefly consisted in their being carefully named, and 

 therefore constituting an authority to which members might refer for the identi- 

 fication of specimens. Mr. Cooke also intimated his willingness to deliver a 

 course of lectures on Microscopic Fungi if not less than 15 gentlemen would send 

 in their names as desirous of forming a class for the purpose. 



Mr. W. T. Suffolk also stated his intention to re-commence his classes for in- 

 struction in Microscopical Manipulation Gentlemen desirous of attending were 

 requested to give early notice of their intention to Mr. Johnson ; not more than 

 15 members were required, and those who had attended the previous courses were 

 requested to volunteer as assistants. Members were also requested to bring 

 with them their own microscopes, which should not be inferior toMessrs. Smith 

 and Beck's five-guinea instrument. 



The President having reminded members of their subscriptions, aonounced 

 that a paper " On Melicerta Ringens," byMr. Tatem, would be read at the next 

 meeting, and that a paper " On British Graptolites" had been promised by Mr. 

 John Hopkinson. 



The meeting terminated with the usual conversazione. 



NOVEMBER 27th, 1868. 

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



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved. 



In accordance with the notice given at the preceding meeting, the President 

 declared the meeting a special one for considering the following addition to the 

 Bye Laws, — " That any member desirous of compounding for his future sub- 

 scriptions may do so at any time by payment of the sum of £10 ; all such sums 

 to be duly invested in such manner as the committee shall think fit.'' 



The resolution that the above should form part of the Bye Laws being put 

 from the chair, was carried. 



The following donations were announced : — 



"Transactions of the Bristol Natural History Society," from the Society j 

 " Science Gossip," from the Publisher ; the "Naturalists' Circular;" from the 

 Editor ; "Land and Water,'' from the Editor ; Six slides of American mus- 

 quitoes and their eggs, from Dr. Purley, of Portland, Maine, U.S.A. ; 160 

 slides from Mr. Cooke ; one slide of Halodactylus and one of Sertularia, from 

 Mr C. Collins ; four slides of varieties of Crystals of Santonine, from Mr. 

 Hislop ; one slide of Aventurine, from Mr. G. E. Quick ; and four slides of 

 selected Pleurosigmas, from Dr. Dempsey. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors. 



The following gentlemen were proposed for membership : — John Ashby, W. 

 E. Coe, Samuel Eyre, Robert J. Farmer, James B. Jordan, Henry Lloyd, Ben- 

 jamin Thompson Lowne, M.R.C.S., Richard Mestayer, F.R.M.S,, George Mun- 

 dil, M,R.C.S., Thomas Nicholson, Ph. D., F.G.S., C. A. Redl, William Scantle- 

 bury, D. Sowerby, James Swift, Arthur Waller, F.R.M.S., Alfred Warner. 



