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MEETINGS. 



The Meetings of the Society luive been well attended. 



The papers have been of a varied and interesting character, and 

 have been followed by nsefiil discussion. 



The Biological Section, which meets on the first Wednesday of each 

 month, has had a most successful year. During the session a special 

 visit was paid to the Cancer Reseai'ch Laboratory l)y the kind invitation 

 of the Director, Dr. J. A. Murray. 



The thanks of the Society are due to i\Ir. J. Wilson for his continued 

 energy and activity as Honorary Secretary of the Section. 



LEATHER INDUSTRIES SECTION. 



Owing to the active interest of j\[r. Alfred Seymour- Jones, a new 

 Section of the Society has been formed which will deal with Physiology , 

 Mycology and Bacteriology in relation to the Leather Industries. The 

 inaugural meeting was held in November, when Dr. S. H. Browning 

 kindly undertook the duties of Honorary Secretary to the Section. It 

 is hoped that during 1921 a great amount of useful and practical 

 research work will be accomplished. It is anticipated that similar 

 developments may be arranged in connexion with other important 

 industries. 



THE SYMPOSIUM. 



In addition to the Ordinary Meeting in January a Symposium was 

 held on the 14tli of the mimth of which an account was included in last 

 year's report. This Symposium was followed by special sectional 

 discussions in Sheffield in February and in the Lecture Hall of the 

 R.M.S. on April 21. A full report of the Symposium and the subsequent 

 discussions has been issued as the concluding Part of the Society's 

 Journal for 1920, and forms a very valuable work of reference to those 

 epoch-making conferences. 



A CONVERSAZIONE 



was held on the 15th December at the Mortimer Halls. The exhibits 

 were numerous and of a most interesting character, and the thanks of 

 the Society are due to those Fellows of the Society and Members of the 

 Quekett Microscopical Club and Photomicrographic Society whose 

 assistance contributed to the success of the evening. 



INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS. 



During the year the Society has become a Participating Society in 

 the newly formed Institute of Physics. Fellows are urged to enrol 

 themselves as Members of the Institute, x^rrangements are being made 

 whereby Members of the Institute who are also subscribing Fellows or 

 Members of other Participating Societies will be allowed a substantial 

 reduction in the fees payable to such Societies. Other benefits of a 

 far-reaching character are anticipated in the future. 



