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The Chairman was sure all who were present would join in giving a 

 very hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Murray. It was a long time since they 

 had had so interesting a subject brought before a Meeting, and their 

 thanks were due to Mr. Murray, not only for giving them this very 

 excellent address, but for coming down with it at such short notice. 



The thanks of the Society were cordially voted to Mr. George Murray 

 for his communication. 



The following Instrument was exhibited:— 



Messrs. J. Swift and Son : — A new pattern Field Microscope. 



New Fellows. — The following were elected Ordinary Fellows ; — 

 Messrs. Ernest E. Barker, A. J. Murphy, Harry St. John, and Matthew 

 Henry Stiles. 



MEETING 



Held on the 16th of May, 1900, at 20 Hanover Square, W. 

 The President (W. Carruthers, Esq., F.R.S.) in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the Meeting of the 18th April, 1900, 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 

 A Collection of some of Mr. Gosse's Water-colour Sketches oH ^ „ m -a- j 

 theEotifera ^ Br. C. T. Hudson. 



B. D. Jackson, Glossary of Botanic Terms. (8vo, London, 1900) Tfce Publishers. 



C. P. O. Nordstedt, Index Desmidiacearum University of Lund 



The President called special attention to the very beautiful drawings 

 of Eotifera by Mr. P. H. Gosse, which had been presented to the Society 

 by Dr. Hudson. The illustrations in Mr. Gosse's work were themselves 

 very beautiful, but it would be seen that the original drawings were still 

 more beautiful. They would make a very valuable addition to the 

 Society's collection. When a student in Edinburgh he was greatly 

 interested by some lectures delivered there by Mr. Gosse, and greatly 

 admired the drawings he made upon the board in illustration of the 

 subjects of his lectures. 



He also called attention to the Index of Desmids by Prof. Nordstedt, 

 which would be found a most valuable book of reference by those who were 

 studying these organisms. It was certainly a most useful addition to 

 the library. 



A special vote of thanks to the Donors of these presents was, on the 

 motion of the President, unanimously carried. 



