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At the meeting of the Club held on May 7th, 1909, Prof. E. A. 

 Minchin, M.A., President, in the Chair, the minutes of the meet- 

 ing held on April 2nd were read and discussed. 



Messrs. M. D. Ewell and W. F. Hertzberg were balloted for 

 and duly elected members of the Club. 



After the usual announcements and notices, the meeting became 

 special for the purpose of considering and passing alterations to 

 the rules of the Club, numbers 1 and 9, necessitated by the con- 

 ditions of the new lease just concluded. The effect of the altera- 

 tion is to make the ordinary meeting take place on the fourth 

 Tuesday in the month, and the " Gossip " meeting on the second 

 Tuesday, instead of first and third Fridays respectively. The 

 alteration, so far as the ordinary meetings are concerned, takes 

 effect on and from October 26th, 1909. 



Having left the Chair (which was temporarily occupied by 

 Dr. E. J. Spitta, F.R.A.S., F.R.MS., Vice-President), the 

 President delivered the annual presidential address, postponed' 

 from February 5th, taking as his subject " Some Applica- 

 tions of Microscopy to Modern Science and Practical Know- 

 ledge/' 



The Chairman proposed a very hearty vote of thanks to the 

 President for his most interesting address. Acknovvledeino- this, 

 the President said he was very much indebted to Messrs. Angus 

 & Co. for the loan of the microscopes employed in exhibiting the 

 preparations he had brought up, and particularly so on that 

 evening, as microscopes were in great demand at the meeting of 

 another society elsewhere. 



At the meeting of the Club held on June 4th, 1909, Dr. E. J. 

 Spitta, F.R.A.S., F.R.M.S., Vice-President, in the Chair, the 

 minutes of the meeting held on May 7th were read and 

 confirmed 



Messrs. P. Oakenfull, F. G. Baxendale, S. W. Pring, A. L. 

 Dixon, J. E. Hunter, J. S. Dunkerley, and W. H. L. Baddeley 

 were balloted for and duly elected members of the Club. 



The Hon. Secretary drew the attention of members to the 

 advantages offered by the Marine Biological Association of the 

 West of Scotland. The station is at Millport, Great Cumbrae, 



