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produced at about 20 per cent, less cost than anything they had been 

 able to produce before. 



In reply to inquiries, Mr. Beck said that the price complete, as 

 shown, with eye-piece, two objectives, and double nose-piece, in case, 

 would be 6Z. Is. 6d. 



Mr. F. W. Watson Baker being asked to say something in explana- 

 tion of the series of exhibits which he had arranged that evening, 

 thought the descriptive labels placed beside each Microscope would 

 enable the slides to speak for themselves. There were twenty-five of 

 these, illustrating the Structure and Development of the Skin, all 

 except seven being human. 



Mr. Vezey said that the Society was very greatly indebted to Mr. 

 Watson Baker for giving this very excellent exhibition at comparatively 

 short notice. Being the first Meeting of the Session, the Council found 

 themselves rather short of communications, and to make the evening a 

 more interesting one Mr. Baker had very kindly undertaken to help 

 them in this way. 



The President said that their thanks were due to Mr. Baker for 

 getting together this interesting and instructive exhibition. 



Mr. Karop said he had only been able to give a casual glance at a 

 few of the specimens exhibited, and he regretted that there was no one 

 present to discuss the subject ; because several new points had recently 

 been recognised by histologists in the structure of the skin, and it was 

 rather a pity that the opportunity should be lost of having these de- 

 monstrated by some one who had made a study of this important and 

 complicated tissue system. 



The thanks of the Society were then unanimously voted to Mr. Wat- 

 son Baker for his exhibition, and to Messrs. Watson for the use of the 

 number of Microscopes under which the preparations were shown. 



The President said the Council bad been lately considering what 

 methods could be adopted for rendering their Library more useful to the 

 Fellows of the Society. They found that the first thing to be done 

 would be to have a complete and carefully compiled catalogue. The 

 funds at the disposal of the Society did not admit their incurring any 

 great expense in such work, but he believed it would be a valuable 

 education and a great scientific gain to any Fellow who had the time 

 and would undertake the work. He did not know anything that would 

 be more instructive than to go critically over such a collection of books, 

 journals, and separate memoirs as they possessed. In addition to the 

 increase of his own knowledge so gained, he would at the same time 

 confer a very great benefit upon the Fellows of the Society. He hoped 

 some Fellow, in response to this appeal of the Council, would feel able 

 to take up the work. He had himself some experience in making cata- 

 logues, and should be very glad to advise as to the best methods of 

 procedure. 



Mr. Vezey said that since their last meeting the Society had lost 

 by death a Fellow who was very well known to many — Mr. Bichard 



