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varied information rendered it valuable to all microscopists. He 

 did, however, regret that the Postal Microscopical Society, the 

 Quekett Club, and other similar local Societies, could not be 

 more closely associated ; for the Royal Microscopical Society 

 possessed a fine library and an admirable cabinet of objects, which 

 he would wish to see better utilised. Perhaps he might say a word 

 for the Quekett Club, of which he was also proud to be an active 

 member. It was an admirable Society, and if the members of the 

 Postal Society wished to increase their knowledge, they could not 

 do better than join it. He trusted that other gentlemen would 

 respond for the Societies with which they were connected, and 

 concluded by thanking the ladies and gentlemen present for the 

 hearty way in which the toast had been received. 



Mr. B. H. Woodward, in responding for the Kindred Socie- 

 ties, said he was called upon quite unexpectedly to say a few 

 words. He did not know that he could add much to what had 

 already been said. The Quekett was, of course, the older Society, 

 but its meetings were held at too great a distance for members 

 living in the Northern suburbs to attend ; therefore, many similar 

 Societies had sprung up. He had been secretary of the High- 

 bury Microscopical and Scientific Society for the last four or five 

 years. It was a small Society, but it brought men together, and 

 induced them to take up some scientific work, and he hoped it 

 would do still more in the future, and that these Societies would 

 bring forward some good work and add to the knowledge which 

 had been gained by the use of the microscope. He stated that 

 the Highbury Society would hold their 7th annual Soiree the 

 next evening at the Highbury Athenseum. There would be 80 

 microscopes and other apparatus and natural history specimens 

 exhibited, and any members of the Postal Microscopical Society 

 would be welcome. He thanked the members for receiving the 

 toast so cordially. 



The Rev. R. K. Corser felt very much honoured in being 

 invited to propose the next toast, " The Vice-President and 

 Officers of the Society." Unfortunately for him, this was the 

 first dinner of the Society he had attended, and it was the first 

 time he had seen so many members of the Society. They were 

 scattered so far apart, and only meeting once a year he really 

 felt unable to express himself as he should Hke to do. He, 

 however, happened to live in Bath, and he found that the " fair 

 Queen of the West,'* as she is termed by many of her inhabit- 

 ants, contained rather a large proportion of the Committee, and 

 he certainly knew that some of the most highly esteemed 

 members, and the Secretary especially, worked very hard. He 



