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Young of Anodon, polarized Mr. Spencer. 



Podura scale, with J tk objective Mr. Swift. 



Selected Polycystina ... ... ... ... Mr. Topping. 



Spinal Cord of Pig, stained Mr. F. H. Ward. 



Teeth of Tadpole Mr. T. C. White. 



Demonstration of Section Chitting Mr. R. P. Williams. 



Attendance — Members, 76; Visitors, 11. — Total, 87. 



March 24th, 1876.— Dr. J. Matthews, F.R.M.S., President, 



in the Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following Donations to the Club were announced : — 



" The Monthly Microscopical Journal" from the Publisher. 



" Science Gossip" ... ... ... ... ... ,, „ 



" Proceedings of the Royal Society... „ the Society. 



" Proceedings of the Watford Natural History Society" „ „ 



" The American Naturalist" ... ... ... ... in exchange. 



" Report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1874 ... from the Institution. 

 "Tyndall's Notes on Electricity, &c. ... j Mr. Watkins. 



" Baker on tke Microscope" ... ... ... ) 



Also Photographs (for the Album) of Mr. T. Curties, Mr. G. Gardner, Mr. 

 Long, and Mr. Ernest Hart (the latter presented by Dr. M. C. Cooke). 



The thanks of the Club were voted to the donors. 



The President said he should like to see Photographs come in a little 

 more quickly, and commended the matter to the notice of members. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for, and duly elected Members of 

 the Society .—Mr. A. Clarkson, Mr. G. D. Colsell, Mr. Edward M. Nelson, 

 and Mr. Chas. J. Wilson. 



The President said he had an announcement to make which had long been 

 on his mind. They called themselves a Microscojncal Club, and yet they 

 had no microscope belonging to them as a Society. He thought this was a 

 deficiency which ought no longer to exist, for they ought certainly to be 

 able to place a first-class microscope at the disposal of the reader of a 

 paper, who might desire one for the purpose of demonstration. Hitherto 

 they had relied upon the kindness of friends to supply this deficiency, and 

 although they had always been supplied with the instruments they might 

 require, yet he thought the acquirement of a Club microscope was a subject 

 which ought to receive their attention. The Committee considered that 

 the time had come when the matter should be brought forward, and they 

 had passed two resolutions which he would lay before them. The first was 

 — " That it is desirable that the Club should possess a microscope," and the 

 second was, " That the President shall announce this from the chair, and 

 solicit subscriptions towards the same." He did not propose to have any 

 subscription list, nor to fix a maximum or minimum sum to be subscribed ; 



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