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The following gentlemen were ballotted for, and duly elected members of 

 the Club:— Mr. Edmund Gardner, Mr. Christopher Holford, and Mr. W. J. 

 Scofield. 



The President said he had a very pleasing duty to perform in making the 

 announcement to the Club that a gentleman who was well known to them had 

 given the sum of .£20 annually for five years for the purpose of promoting the 

 interests and welfare of the Club. This gift was not offered under any conditions 

 or restrictions, but it was left to the deliberations of the committee to decide in 

 what manner it should be appropriated. This being the case he had summoned 

 a special meeting of the committee to meet at his house to consider the 

 question, and they had arrived at some conclusions which were embodied in a 

 report which he held in his hand, and would presently read. In considering 

 the matter the committee had studiously avoided one aspect of it; it was 

 thought by them that any process leading to a spirit of undue competition 

 should be avoided. They also thought that it was very undesirable that if a 

 member was doing work of any kind, he should be incited to leave it in order 

 to embark in any other kind for the sake of emulation or competition, but that 

 good work in any way should be recognised. Work itself, he felt sure, needed 

 no reward, for truth was the end to which it was the way. There was, 

 however, always a spice of ambition in every human breast, and to be recognised 

 amongst their fellows was a distinction which all might aim at. Gentlemen 

 were, therefore, not asked to leave their own particular work, but by steadily 

 pursuing it they might rest assured that it would unfailingly be recognised. 

 The President then read the report of the special committee, and the rules 

 which they had drawn up for the award of the sums placed at their disposal 

 (printed page 47). 



The President said that a most pleasing duty devolved upon him in connection 

 with this matter, namely, that of proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Frank 

 Crisp for his munificent donation. 



The vote of thanks was then put from the chair, and carried by acclamation. 



Mr. Lowne delivered a lecture on the "Histology of the Eye." 



The President said he was greatly interested in the subject which had been 

 brought before them by Mr. Lowne, and he hoped they should be able to 

 prevail upon that gentleman to give them his further remarks upon it. He 

 had in his possession a little book which related to the question of seeing in 

 various ways the different parts of the eye for oneself; it was entitled 

 "Entoptics," by Dr. Jago, and it showed how anyone might get views of these 

 parts. It was a very curious and interesting little work, and he should be 

 happy to show or to lend it to anyone who felt interested in such matters. 

 With regard to the question of relative estimate of light, they all knew that 

 the light given forth by the moon was invariable, because it was derived from 

 an invariable source. When it was seen in the sky in the day time its 

 brilliancy was no greater than that of a white cloud of equal area, but at night 

 its light appeared very great. 



Certificates in favour of gentlemen proposed for membership Avere read, 



announcements of meetings, &c, were made, and the proceedings terminated 



with a conversazione, at which the following objects were exhibited : — 



Mdicerta, Floscularia, Vorticella, and Plu-\ , 



i 77 ,e q, , , , t , j by Mr. Badcock. 



matella (from Statoblasts) ... ' J 



Desmidiaccce (collected at Southallj ... ... Mr. Ba.:tlett. 



Poli/xenus lagurus (alive) ... ... ... Mr. W. G. Cocks. 



