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®ur annual HDceting. 



THE Tenth Annual Meeting of the Postal Microscopical 

 Society was held in the Prince's Salon, at the Hoi born 

 Restaurant, on Thursday evening, the nth of October. 



Mr. A. Hammond, F.L.S., President, was in the chair, sup- 

 ported by Dr. C. F. George, in the vice-chair. The names of the 

 ladies, members, and friends who were present were as follows ; 

 the visitors' names are distinguished by an asterisk: — Miss Allen,* 

 Mr. S. R. Barrett, Mr. G. H. Baxter, Mr. E. Bostock, Mr. Geo. 

 D. Brown, Mr. W. H. Burbidge, Mr. Richard Carter/^ Mr. F. W. 

 Cooper, Mr. F. C. Cox, Mr. Chas. Clarke,'^ Mr. Thos. Curties, 

 Mr. George Dannatt, Mr. M. Farhall, Mrs. Farhall,- Mr. H. E 

 Freeman,-- Mr. C. F. George, Mr. Harry George,* Mr. F. George,* 

 Mr. J. W. Goodinge, Mr. N. Gregory,* Mr. Arthur Hammond, 

 Mrs. Hammond,* Mr. Romyn Hitchcock,* Mr. George Looseley, 

 Mr. F. Martin, Mr. J. Martin,* Mr. E. Maynard,* Mr. J. W. 

 Measures, Miss A. B. Newman,* Dr. H. F. Parsons, Mrs. Par- 

 sons,* Mr. R. Peach, Mr. F. E, Robinson, Rev. E. T. Stubbs, 

 Mr. Washington Teasdale, Mr. Alfred Allen (Hon. Sec). 



At the close of the dinner, the President proposed " The 

 Queen," which was heartily received. 



The business of the Annual Meeting was then proceeded with. 

 The Report and Balance Sheet, copies of which had been sent to 

 the members and distributed to those present, being taken as 

 read, were adopted. The following is a copy : — 



" The Committee have much pleasure in laying before the 

 Members of the Postal Microscopical Society their Tenth 

 Annual Report, and in doing so beg again to congratulate 

 them on its sustained and increasing success. 



During the past year the Sub-Committee have held six 

 meetings ; others would most probably have been held, but for 

 the illness of your Hon. Secretary, which not only confined him 

 to the house, but prevented his taking any active part, except so 

 far as was absolutely necessary, in the work of the Society. 



Shortly after the Annual Meeting all slides in circulation were 

 exchanged, and an alteration was made, in compliance with the 

 suggestions from some of the Members, in the size of the MS. 

 Note-Books : this alteration has proved in working to be very 

 inconvenient, and it is now proposed to adopt a more convenient 

 size of book immediately after the present Meeting. 



