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Mr. Aylward has lately brought out a Telescope Walking-Stick 

 to use with his Pond-Life Apparatus, which will be found a great 

 acquisition to the students of fresh- water organisms. 



Mr. W. P. Collins' October Catalogue offers a good gen- 

 eral selection of Scientific books, amongst which we notice many 

 Botanical Works, from the library of the late Rev. W. A. Leighton, 

 with several other rare and scarce works. 



Microscopy as usual forms a special feature of this catalogue, 

 and under its heading will be found a long hst of Journals. Many 

 works on Diatoms, Desmids, Algae, Foraminifera, etc. etc. 



Correeponbence* 



The Editors do not hold the7nsehes responsible for the opinions or 

 statements of their Correspondents. 



To the Editor of the Journal of Microscopy aud Natural Science. 



Sir, — 



In the report of your last annual meeting, there are 

 a few remarks by Mr. R. Hitchcock to the effect that in the 

 United States of America there is an organisation in existence 

 similar to your Society. It may be of interest to you to know 

 that in this part of the world an attempt is being made 

 to establish a similar organisation, only that at present it is 

 confined to the chief cities of New South Wales, Victoria, and 

 South Austraha. We made a commencement by sending a box of 

 objects from Melbourne to Sydney, and on its return it was 

 accompanied by a box, the same as is used by your English 

 society, containing 12 objects. After being examined by our 

 Melbourne microscopists, it was sent on to Adelaide, from which 

 city it is now returned, together with copious notes, which will 

 be returned to our Sydney friends. It is not quite so easy to 

 establish an organisation like this as it is to you in England, 

 since each of the cities of Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide are 

 500 miles apart. 



The organisation is at present in charge of the following mem- 

 bers :— Mr. F. Kyngdon, Hon. Secretary of the Microscopical 

 Section of the Royal Society of New South Wales*; Mr. H. 



* Several of our members will remember Mr. Kyngdon as an old and 

 much-valued member of the P. M.S. — Ed. 



