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The motion was then put to the meeting, and carried by acclamation. 

 A vote of thanks to the Auditors and Scrutineers was then proposed 

 by Mr. J. G. Waller, seconded by Mr. Hailes, and carried unanimously. 



The President then announced that this terminated the business of the 

 Annual Meeting, and it became his privilege once more to retire into private 

 life. 



Attention was directed to the fact of the pre sence amongst the visitors 

 to the Club that evening of Mr. H. B. Chamberlain, the Secretary of the 

 Denver Colorado Microscopical Society, to whom a cordial welcome was 

 given by the President and members. 



The meeting closed with the usual conversazione, and the following 

 objects were exhibited : — 



Larva of Vapourer moth Mr. F. W. Andrew. 



Section of scalp of child ... Mr. F. A. Parsons. 



Spongilla fiuviatilis ... ... ... ... Mr. J. Woollett. 



Attendance — Members, 49 ; Visitors, 3. 



August 8th, 1884. — Conversational Meeting. 



The following objects were exhibited: — 



Bythotrephes cederstromii ... Mr. F. W. Andrew. 



Eggs of parasite of grey crow ... ... ... Mr. W. J. Curteis. 



Hexapod larva of Argas pipistrellce ... ... Mr. H. E. Freeman. 



Crystals in spermaceti, polarized ... ... Mr. H. G. Glasspoole. 



Larva and pupa of Chironomus plumosus ... Mr. A. Hammond. 



Coleopterous larva (aquatic) ... ... ... Mr. G. E. Mainland. 



Attendance — Members, 26 ; Visitors, 0. 



August 22nd, 1884. — Ordinary Meeting. 



Dr. M. C. Cooke, M.A., A.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. T. S. Smithson was balloted for, and duly elected a member of the 

 Club. 



The following donations to the Club were announced : — 



" Proceedings of the Royal Society" From the Society. 



11 Science Gossip " , ,, Publisher. 



" The Microscopical News " „ „ Editor. 



" Proceedings of the Canadian Institute " ... ,, ,, Institute. 

 " Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science " Purchased. 

 "Cooke's Fresh Water Algae," part 9 ... „ 



" Annals of Natural History" ... ... ... ,, 



" Cole's Studies in Microscopical Science "... „ 



" Grevillea " ... ... ... ... ... ,, 



Mr. E. M. Nelson read a paper " On a Hydrostatic Fine Adjustment for the 

 Microscope," illustrated by sectional diagrams. 



Mr. Karop inquired if this design was proposed as a really practical thing, 

 or merely as a suggestion ? To his mind it seemed to present some mecha- 



