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Rule 7— To strike out the words—" But that any member proposed for elec- 

 tion after the 31st March iu each year shall be exempt from subscription until 

 the following July in each year." 

 And an alteration in Rule 9, respecting balloting papers. 

 Tiie Secretary read the following notice of alteration in Rule 2, proposed by 

 Mr. M. C. Cooke :— 



That the remainder of Rule 2, after the words "shall retire annually," be 

 struck out, and in place of them be added the words " but neither they nor 

 any of them, nor more than two of the Vice-Presidents, shall be eligible for re- 

 election." 



Mr. Cooke asked leave to withdraw the first portion of his proposed amend- 

 ment relating to the Committee, as the alterations proposed by the Committee 

 met the case. 

 Mr. T. C. White and Mr. Suffolk were appointed auditors. 

 The following objects were announced for exhibition : — 



Crystallised Silver, by Mr. T. Oxley ; Coscinodiscus from Melville Bay, 

 shown under a half-inch objective and binocular by Mr. H. Grouch ; Tubules in 

 the corium of the Crab, by Mr. Martinelli ; Abdomen of Hoplia cserulea, by Mr. 

 Marks j Pandorina Morum, from Leatherhead, by Mr. Hainworth ; Wing of 

 Morpho Menelaus, by Mr. R. T Lewis ; and Forameuifera from the Phillipine 

 Islands, by Mr. H. P. Hailes. 



Mr. Cooke announced that he had received from Maine some Canada balsam, 

 for trial by members, and from Schonbeck, near Magdeburg, six slides of slate, 

 in reply to the circular issued by the Club ; also a number of slides for exchange 

 from Herr Weissiiog, and a hundred slides, also for exchange from Mr. Gould, 

 of North Bridgton, Maine, U.S., principally consisting of diatoms, in sets of 14 

 each. 



Mr. Cooke also exhibited a slide containing 400 diatoms, comprising 370 

 species, arranged in four squares, each one of which is referred to in a key. 

 The slide was by Mr. Moeller, of Wedel, in Holstein, and duplicates might 

 be obtained at the price of three pounds each. 



The President noticed the presence at the meeting of Mr. W. J. Letsom, 

 H.M. Charge d'Aifaires at Moute Video, and President of the Microscopical 

 Society of Monte Video. 



Mr. Hislop drew attention to four slides of crystals of sulphate of copper which 

 he presented to the cabinet of the Club. The meeting was reminded of a paper 

 on the subject read at a previous meeting, which described results which were not 

 quite in accordance vnih. those arrived at by the speaker. Specimens of these 

 latter would be found in the slides presented. No. 1 exhibited very fine spirals, 

 resembling a tuft of hair twisted in a spiral form. These were obtained at a 

 low temperature. No. 2 was crystallised at a higher temperature, but here the 

 spirals were lost and replaced by stars. Nos. 3 and 4 exhibited the effects of a 

 still higher temperature, giving very beautiful circular crystals, with spiral 

 strise, resembling the strige on a diatom, Mr. Hislop stated that he was con- 

 tinuing his experiments, and hoped to be able to add some further specimens 

 before long. 



Mr. J. A. Archer then read a paper " On Tobacco." 

 A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Archer. 

 The proceedings terminated with a conversazione. 



