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Meeting, and had been, in consequence, unable to be present then ; but 

 be was glad to say be was witb them that evening. In now asking bim 

 to take the Chair as their President, be desired very cordially to com- 

 mend bim to the Fellows as one who would be found in every way 

 worthy of the position to which they had elected bim. Personally be 

 could say that he had known him and worked witb bim for many years, 

 and the longer be knew Dr. Henry Woodward the better did be esteem 

 him. He was very glad to know that the office which he had himself 

 held — li e feared somewhat inefficiently — during the last two years, was 

 now to be filled by so distinguished a naturalist as Dr. Woodward. 



Dr. Woodward — who on taking the Chair was received witb ap- 

 plause — thanked the Fellows of the Society for the honour which they 

 had done him in electing him as their President, and expressed a hope 

 that during the period when be occupied that Chair he should be able 

 faithfully to perform his duties to the Society ; certainly he could assure 

 them it would not be through any want of effort on his part if he failed 

 to do so. 



The Minutes of the Meeting of 19th February, 1902, were read and 

 confirmed, and were signed by the President. 



The List of Donations to the Society, exclusive of exchanges and 

 reprints received since the last Meeting, was read, and the thanks of 

 the Society were voted to the donors. 



From 



{'hapman, F. The Foramhrifera. (8 vo, London, 1902) .. Tlie Publishers. 



Bolles Lee et Henneguy. Methodes Techniques de l'Ana-"! „,, . .. 



tomie Microecopique. (8vo, Paris, 1902) j me Authors. 



Recueil de lTnstitut Botanique (Universite de Bruxelles)} The Director of 



Tome v. Bruxelles, 1902 I Ulmtitut Botanique. 



The President said they had the advantage that evening of an ex- 

 hibition of Foraminifera arranged by Mr. Earland, and shown under 

 ahout twenty Microscopes lent by Messrs. Baker and other friends for 

 the occasion. He was sure it would be their pleasure to return their 

 thanks to Mr. Earland for this very interesting exhibition, and also to 

 those who bad so kindly placed Microscopes at bis disposal for the 

 purpose. 



A vote of thanks to these gentlemen was put and carried by acclama- 

 tion. 



Mr. C. Seek exhibited and described Prof. Huntingdon's new stage 

 with orientating motions, designed specially for use in the examination 

 of minerals. He also exhibited a Microscope fitted with an observing 

 prism and eye-piece for use in photomicrography, by means of which 

 the object could be seen and focussed accurately without disturbing^tbe 

 camera — the focus as seen through the tube being exactly the same as 

 that of the image upon the ground glass. It was explained that the 

 success of this arrangement depended upon the accuracy with which 



