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PEOCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



MP]ETING 



Held on the 15th December, 1915, at 20 Hanover Square, W., 

 Mr. D. J. Scourfield, F.Z.S., etc., Vice-President, in the 

 Chair. 



The Minutes of the Meeting of November 17, 1915, were read and 

 confirmed, and signed by the Chairman. 



The following Donation received since the last Meeting was 

 announced, and the best thanks of the Society accorded the donor : — 



From 

 Twelve Slides of Mycetozoa Mr. Charles Huish, F.B. M.S. 



The Chairman called upon Mr. J. E. Barnard, who described the 

 collection of coloured drawings which were on exhibition in the room, 

 and said they came into his possession some years ago. but he was not 

 certain that he was the owner in the strict sense of the term. He did 

 not know until he came into the room that they were executed by a 

 Mr. Draper, and probably about thirty years ago. There was some 

 description on the back of nearly all of them, but he doubted if it was 

 invariably accurate. The objects with which he was familiar had been 

 reproduced with remarkable fidelity, but he would appreciate any 

 addition to the information on the back of the sketches which Fellows 

 could supply. If the drawings finally came into his possession, he 

 thought they would most fittingly adorn the walls of the Society. 



The Chairman expressed the thanks of the Society to Mr. Barnard 

 for bringing the drawings before it. Some reminded him of drawings 

 which were published in " Science Gossip " years ago. 



Mr. Earland believed that many of them were the originals of 

 those drawings which came out in " Science Gossip," sometime about 

 l'SS5 to 1890. There was no question about some ; others were new 

 to him. They were beautiful specimens of draughtsmanship. 



Mr. Barnard asked if any considerable proportion of them had been 

 published, to which a Fellow replied that " Science Gossip " only pub- 

 lished them for two years, one in each number, and that would make 

 only twenty-four altogether. 



The vote of thanks was carried with acclamation. 



