94 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



minutes of the meeting held on December 28th were read and 

 confirmed. 



Mr. Theodore Stephanides was balloted for and duly elected 

 a member of the Club. 



A list of the officers nominated bv the Committee for the 

 coming year was read. As far as possible they were the same 

 as in 1915, with Prof. Dendy again President. This announce- 

 ment was received with marked satisfaction by the members 

 present. Nominations for filling the vacancies in the Committee 

 were then made. Mr. Grundy was proposed by Mr. Wilson and 

 seconded by Mr. Beston ; Mr. Gabb was proposed by Mr. Rous- 

 selet and seconded by Mr. Brown ; Mr. Paulson was proposed 

 by Mr. Sheppard and seconded by Mr. Bryce ; Mr. Soar was 

 proposed by Mr. Perks and seconded by Mr. Grundy ; Mr. 

 Ainslie was proposed by Mr. Watson-Baker, Jr., and seconded 

 by Mr. Offord. 



The President said he regretted to have to announce the 

 recent death of one of their members. Mr. G. K. Dunstall 

 joined the Club in 1910, died on January 9th. He was chiefly 

 interested in Rotifers. 



It was moved by Mr. Wilson and seconded by Mr. Bryce 

 that a vote of condolence be sent from the club to Mrs. Dunstall. 

 This, having been put to the meeting by the President, was 

 unanimously agreed to — all standing. 



The hon. secretary read a paper by Mr. G. T. Harris, of Sid- 

 mouth, " On the Collection and Preservation of Desmids." The 

 paper referred to the frequent complaint of the uninitiated of 

 their lack of success in obtaining desmids. It was remarked 

 that this was probably due rather to the method of collection 

 than to any actual scarcity in the objects. Their presence in 

 various situations was noted, and the fact that the ordinarv 

 ring-net, as used by collectors of microscopic organisms, was not 

 well fitted for use in many of them. Prof. West's suggestion of 

 clipping the stems of aquatic plants under the surface of the water 

 between the closed fingers and drawing the hollowed hand carefully 

 up, making of it a cup in which the flocculent matter is caught, was 

 approved of. If the collecting excursion is of a day's duration 

 only, the ordinary supply of tubes and bottles will suffice, and 

 the material may be brought home in the water in which it 

 was found. If the excursion is more extended, however, the 



