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PROCEEDINGS. 



Mat 25th, 1877. — Henry Lee, Esq., F.L.S., &c, President, 



in the Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and duly elected members of 

 the Club :— Mr. G. L. Baker, the Rev. J. Bramhall, Mr. Geo. Carr, Mr. A. C. 

 Coxhead, Mr. O. Croft, Mr. G. W. L. Marshall-Hall, the Hon. Sackville 

 F. H. Lane-Fox, Mr. H. V. Knaggs, Mr. R. G. Veasey, Mr. F. Yates. 



Six gentlemen were proposed for membership. 



The following donations to the Club were announced : — 



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



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



" Proceedings of the Belgian MicroscoO ., g 0C i e + Y 



pical Society '' ... ... ... ) 



" The Medical Examiner " (weekly) ... „ the Editor. 



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



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



" The American Journal of Microscopy " ... „ „ 



" Annual Report of the Smithsonian InstiO from fche Institution . 

 tution ... ... ... ... j 



One Slide Mr. Tatem. 



One Slide ... ... Mr. Topping. 



Seventy -two Slides of Foraminifera ... Mr. H. F. Hailes. 



The President, in proposing a vote of thanks to the donors, called special 

 attention to the valuable present received from Mr. Hailes. The addition of 

 six dozen mounted specimens of Foraminifera to their cabinet was a very 

 valuable acquisition, and placed them in possession of a collection not 

 equalled by any of the higher Societies. Mr. Hailes had further promised 

 to add other specimens to this collection as opportunity afforded him the 

 means of so doing, and it was hoped that if any members possessed materiel 

 which contained Fnra minifera they would forward portions of it to Mr. Hailes, 

 who had expressed his willingness to mount specimens of them. 



The thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to the donors — a 

 special vote of thanks being at the same time accorded to Mr. Hailes. 



A paper by Mr. W. K. Bridgman, " On some Improvements in the ordi- 

 nary Condenser," was read by fche Secretary, the subject being illustrated by 

 diagrams. The paper also described the endeavours of the writer to pro- 

 cure a tinted glass which should be the most suitable for toning the field of 



