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corrugated iron, having the round form on one side and the hollow on tLe other 

 alternately. He had examined theru with an |in. objective, and thought that 

 many gentlemen would find the method he had mentioned to be very ad- 

 vantageous. 



Mr. Green, in reply, said that with regard to the method of using the lime 

 light, it was very simple — he had it mounted on a little stand, so as to bring it 

 as nearly parallel as possible ; if the light were brought a little nearer to the 

 observer than the distance of the stage, it would be an advantage, because the 

 glare from the illuminated surface of the diatom was so great that it teazed and 

 bothered the eye sadly, — the glare, however, might be in some degree checked 

 by putting a stop in the eye-piece. The light was easily produced and managed ; 

 they must get some oxygen made, and put into a gas bag, and could use with it 

 some of the ordinary hydrogen from any burner ; the ball of lime should be 

 placed about 6 inches from the stage, and, immediately before the object, a 

 small plano-convex lens should be fixed so as to converge the beam of light 

 upon the object. He should judge, from his own experience, that an uncleaned 

 and unbleached specimen was the best for examination, as it would be found 

 free from that intense glare produced by reflection from the white surface which 

 resulted from boiling in acid. He might add that he found the German ,yn. 

 objective of great value, as it allowed him to get a great increase in the angle 

 at which he could use the light ; he found it to be, in magnifying power, exactly 

 double that of one of Ross's gin., whilst it possessed the very great advantage of 

 standing nearly trebly distant from the object when in focus. 



The Chairman said that, to his mind, there was something in the theory 

 which did not seem quite satisfactory j he did not, for instance, think that the 

 comparison between the formation of a vegetable cell and that of the shell of 

 a mollusc could be very clearly borne out; but the subject was, no doubt, a 

 matter of great difficulty. 



The Chairman then notified to the members present that, in accordance with 

 the bye -laws of the Club, they had that evening to nominate gentlemen to fill 

 the offices of Vice-Presidents for the ensuing year, and also other gentlemen to 

 fill vacancies upon the committee j the elections of four Vice-Presidents and 

 four members of the committee would be proceeded with by ballot at the 

 Annual General Meeting in July. He then read the bye-laws 2 and 3, and in- 

 vited nominations accordingly. 



The following gentlemen were then nominated as Vice-Presidents : — 



Dr. Braithwaite, proposed by Mr. N. Burgess, seconded by Mr. W. Hainworth, jun. 



Mr. A. E. Durham „ Mr. Suffolk ,, Mr. Mclntire. 



Dr. W. J. Gray „ Mr. Hailes ,, Mr. Oxley. 



Mr. C. J. Leaf ,, Mr. M. C. Cooke ,, Mr. T. Cr. ok. 



Mr. Henry Lee ,, Mr. G.D.Brown ,, Mr. Golding. 



Mr. E. T. Lewis ,, Mr. W. Hainworth, jun. Mr. T. Curties. 



The following nominations for members of committee were also made : — 

 Mr. W. H. Golding, proposed by Mr. T. Curties, seconded by Mr. Ingpen. 

 Mr. Greenish ,, Mr. T. C. White ,, Mr. Lowne. 



Mr. Loy ,, Mr. Mclntire ,, Mr. Gay. 



Mr. Marks ,, Mr. Breeze ,, Mr. Hailes. 



Mr. Oxley , , Mr. Crook , , Mr. Jacques. 



The President intimated that the next business before the meeting was to 

 appoint two gentlemen to audit the accounts of the Club for the past year; one 



