130 l'HOCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



associated with this class of instrument. In this Microscope the legs 

 alone fold backwards and the mirror stem is pushed upwards through a 

 fitting in the stage. Provision is made, in the small leather case 

 measuring 7J by 4J by 3J in., for the stand, four objectives, two eye- 

 pieces, and other accessories. 



He also exhibited a Student's Microscope of new design called the 

 "Standard," the chief features of which were the new design -of the 

 foot and a fine-adjustment working by means of a milled head at the 

 side of the limb, the movement being effected by a slightly coned pin 

 bearing against a roller, each turn of the milled head raising or lowering 

 the body ^io °f an mcu - 



Mr. F. Plaskitt exhibited some high power photomicrographs of 

 Poclura scales, taken to show their transverse markings, a short paper in 

 description of this exhibit being read to the Meeting. The scales were 

 mounted dry on the cover-glass and taken on an ordinary 4-plate, being 

 subsequently enlarged to 10 by 8 for better inspection. The transverse 

 markings lie beneath the usual exclamation marks, undulating at varying 

 depths from side to side. 



The thanks of the Society were voted to these three gentlemen for 

 their exhibits. 



Attention was called to an exhibition by the Society under Micro- 

 scopes in the room of a number of slides of Foraminifera dredged off 

 the coast of Somaliland, presented by Mr. Heath at the last Meeting. 



The Report of the Council for the year 1908 was then read to the 

 Meeting by Dr. Hebb. 



REPORT OP THE COUNCIL FOR 1908. 



FELLOWS. 



During the year 1008, 15 new Fellows have been elected and 3 re- 

 instated ; 11 have died, 14 have resigned, and 1 has been removed. 



Eight of the deceased were Fellows for from 20 to 58 years. 



Among the deaths the Council regrets to notice the names of two 

 distinguished Fellows, viz. of Henry Clifton Sorby, F.Pt.S., a former Pre- 

 sident (of whom an obituary notice has already appeared in this Journal), 

 and of Jean Alfred Nachet,'the eminent French microscopist and optician, 

 who presented to the Society one of its most valuable possessions. 



The list of Fellows now contains 383 Ordinary, 1 Correspond 

 42 Honorary, and 7i> Ex-Officio Fellows, being a total of 505. 



FINANCE. 



The income of the Society has not been diminished, and the subscrip- 

 tions have been paid with the usual regularity, but the expenditure is 

 still in excess of income. This can be best remedied by an increase in 

 the number of Members. It is to be hoped that the efforts now being 



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