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The President called the attention of the Meeting to an exhibit by 

 Mr. Watson Baker, demonstrating certain methods of staining, especially 

 triple staining, and a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the exhibitor. 



A similar hearty vote of thanks was passed in favour of Mr. Angus, 

 for the loan of Microscopes. 



The President announced that the next Ordinary Meeting would 

 take place on Wednesday, March 18. 



The next Meeting of the Brass and Glass Section would be held on 

 Wednesday, the 2f>th inst., when Mr. Cheshire would introduce a 

 discussion on Kepler's famous book on geometrical optics, entitled 

 Dioptrice, published in 1611, immediately after tbe invention of the 

 telescope. 



The Biological Section would meet on Wednesday, March 4, when a 

 communication would be made by Mr. Rousselet on " Parasitic Rotifers 

 and Parasites of Rotifers." 



New Fellows :— The following were elected Ordinary Fellows of 

 the Society : Sydney Charles Akehurst and Stanley Halford-Roberts. 



The following Instruments, etc., were exhibited :— 



Mr. D. J. Scorn-field, F.Z.S. : — Apparatus for collecting, examining, and 



preserving Entomostraca. 

 Mr. F. W.Watson Baker : — Sections of the Earthworm : Sections of the 



Frog ; Heart of Crayfish. 



