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September 22nd, 1876. — Ordinary Meeting. 

 Henry Lee, Esq., F.L.S., &c, President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the meetings held in July and August were read and 

 confirmed. 



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

 the Club:— Mr. Arthur C. Cole, Mr. W. H. Martin, and Mr. M. H. Stiles. 



Mr. F. Kitton was also balloted for, and duly elected an honorary 

 member of the Club. 



The President called attention to some slight alterations to be made in 

 the order of proceedings at their ordinary meetings, by which the whole of 

 the business would be finished before the papers were read 



The following donations to the Club were announced: — 



" The Monthly Microscopical Journal " ... from the Publisher. 



" Science Gossip " ... ... ... „ „ 



" Proceedings of the Belfast Natural His-") ,, . , 



° „ \ » the Society. 



tory Society ... ... ) 



"Proceedings of the Leeds Naturalists'") ,, „. , 



Club" ... ... ... ) 



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



" The Medical Examiner" ... ... from the Editor. 



Also three slides, from the Dundee Naturalists' Society ; and four from 



Mr. A. H. Halley. 

 Photographs of Messrs Beulah, Bridgman, Hailes, and R. T. Lewis 

 were presented to the Club album. 

 The thanks of the Club were unanimously voted to the donors. 

 The Secretary called attention to the circumstance of some slides having 

 been presented to the Club from the Dundee Naturalists' Society. This 

 Society had been recently established, and, as in many other instances, he 

 had been written to to supply any information, or to give any hints which 

 might be of use to the promoters in starting the new Society. He had 

 readily responded to the request, and now that the Society was in working 

 order, the Club would be gratified to find that, as a mark of appreciation and 

 good feeling, these slides had been sent, accompanied by a quantity of 

 Isthmia enervis for distribution amongst the members ; and an offer was also 

 made to collect for the Club any material which the neighbourhood of 

 Dundee might afford, and which might be of interest. He felt sure they 

 would be very pleased to recognise these marks of cordiality upon the part 

 of kindred societies to whom they were in this degree related. 



A paper by Mr. Bridgman, " On an Improved Anti-vibration Turntray," 

 was read by the Secretary, and diagrams in illustration were exhibited. 

 The thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Bridgman for his paper. 

 The pi'oceedings terminated with a conversazione, at which the following 

 objects were exhibited : — 



Acari of Bat ... ... ... ... by Mr. Cocks. 



Palate of Massa papiUosa ... ... Mr. dirties. 



