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the average attendance of members amounts to 112. Your 

 Committee desire especially to call the attention of the 

 members to the many pleasant advantages derivable from 

 the meetings on the gossip nights; for on these occasions, 

 difficulties in Microscopical manipulation and the various 

 methods of mounting Microscopic Objects are communicated 

 and discussed, and while an interchange of thoughts and 

 plans is freely given, friendships are formed that are 

 destined to be lifelong. They therefore feel that these 

 advantages only require to be known, to ensure a more 

 thorough appreciation by the general body of the members; 

 and a larger attendance on these pre-eminently social 

 evenings. 



A reference to the list of papers read before the Club 

 during the past session, embracing various subjects in rela- 

 tion to Microscopical science, will show that members have 

 not been idle, but have come forward to assist in that mutual 

 edification which is one of the objects for which the Quekett 

 Microscopical Club was founded, and which your Committee 

 hope to see emulated and copied by many others in the Club 

 during the ensuing year. 



The Slides in the Cabinet of the Club still continue to 

 increase by the liberal contributions of members and others, 

 and now number 1,430. The following have been presented 

 during the past year, viz. : — 



