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been previously asked, and that gentleman never attended the meetings of the 

 committee. 



The alteration was then put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. 

 The Secretary explained that the adoption of this alteration would not pre- 

 vent any member from exercising the right of introducing any other names upon 

 the lists at the annual meeting ; that right was still reserved to members by 

 rule III., so that if at any time it should happen that any large section of the 

 club should think proper to do so, they could still procure the election of a 

 Vice-President. The Secretary reminded the members generally that at their 

 next ordinary meeting the nominations for members of committee, would 

 have to be made, and he hoped that those who knew suitable persons would 

 come prepared to nominate them on that occasion. 



Mr. Curties inquired how many vacancies on the committee there would be 

 to fill up ? 



The Secretary was not quite sure at that moment, but bethought there would 

 be four. 



The President said that Mr. Hailes had just handed him a bottle containing 

 a quantity of diatoms, accompanied by a letter from Mr. C. C. Capel. These 

 were a free gift, and if any person wished for any of the diatoms they should 

 apply to Mr. Hailes. The diatoms were obtained from the river Cray. 



Mr. Hailes said the diatoms in question were all cleaned and ready for 

 mounting. 

 The ordinary business of the meeting was then proceeded with. 

 The following donations to the Club were announced : — 



" The Monthly Microscopical Journal" from the Publisher. 



"Science Gossip" ,, 



" Proceedings of the Geologists' Association" ... the Association. 



"Proceedings of theBoyal Society,'' Nos. 160, 161 the Society. 



"The American Naturalist" in Exchange. 



Parts 2 and 3 of Schmidt's Diatom Atlas by Purchase. 



Two Slides of Diatomacea? from Mr. C. F. White. 



The thanks of the meeting were voted to the donors. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and duly elected members of the 

 club :— Mr. G. M. Amner, Mr. Arrowsmith, Mr. J. W. Browne, Mr. Chas. 

 Cooper, Mr. Arthur Dean, Mr. Joseph G. Defries, Mr. Francis J. Hamley, Mr. 

 John Larkin, Mr. J. C. Laws, Mr. G. W. Saul, and Mr. J. E. Thomson. 



A letter from Mrs. Hardwicke, thanking the club for the vote of condolence 

 passed at the preceding meeting, was read. 



Mr. Curties said he had laid upon the table for the inspection of the members 

 a number of photographs taken by Mr. L. Huggins, of Liverpool. There were 

 some features of the process which were new, and which he hoped he should be 

 in a better position to lay before the members at an early meeting. 



Mr. M. Hawkins Johnson then read a paper " On the Organic Structure of 

 Flint and of Meerschaum," illustrating it by coloured diagrams. 



The President proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Johnson for his paper, 

 and expressed a hope that those who were conversant with the subject would 

 favour the meeting with their opinions. He was himself not very much ac- 

 quainted with it. 



Mr. Lowne said he should like to know what evidence there was that the 

 structure described and figured was sponge ? He wanted something more than 



