PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 261 



MEETING 



Held on the 20th of March, 1912, at 20 3a\over Square, W., 

 Edward Heron-Allen, Esq., F.L.S., etc., Vice-President, in 

 the Chair. 



The Minutes of the Meeting of February 21, 1912, were read and 

 confirmed, and were signed by the Chairman. 



Dr. Eyre informed the Society that he had forwarded a copy of the 

 resolution passed at the last Meeting to the family of the late Lord 

 Lister, and had received the following reply : — 



MERTO^- House, Grantchestek, 

 Cambridge. 



March 4, 1912. 



Dear Sir, 



I have received your letter containing a copy of the Minute of 

 the Royal Microscopical Society in reference to the death of my uncle, 

 the late Lord Lister. 



Allow me, on behalf of his relatives, to thank you most sincerely for 

 the expression of sympathy with ourselves, and to assure you of our 

 appreciation of the high tribute to his memory contained therein. 



Believe me to remain, 



Yours faithfully, 



(Signed) J. J. Lister. 

 John Eyre, Esqre. 



The List of Donations (exclusive of exchanges and reprints) re- 

 ceived since the last Meeting was read as follows, and the thanks of the 

 Society were voted to the donors : — 



From 

 British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-9 Rotifera collectedly.,. ^ j^ Shackleton. 



by the Expedition. (8vo, London, 1911) I 



Leeuwenhoek, Select Works, translated by S. Hoole. (4to, i ^j^. -^ ^ Mills 



London, 1816) / 



A Lieberkiihn Microscope ., Mr. Alpheus Smith. 



Mr. Rousselet exhibited and described the small Microscope, pre- 

 sumably made by Cuff on the Lieberkiihn model, which had been 

 presented to the Society by Mr. Alpheus Smith. 



The Chairman returned the thanks of the Society to the donor of 

 this Microscope and to Mr. Rousselet for his description of it. 



Mr. Conrad Beck exhibited and described an instrument devised by 

 one of the Fellows of the Society, in which a lens was fitted on to a 

 needle or scalpel for dissecting purposes. The lens was cari-ied on a 



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