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The President having nominated Mr. J. M. Allen and Mr. J. 

 D. Hardy to act as Scrutineers, the ballot for Officers and 

 Council for the ensuing year was proceeded with, it being 

 subsequently declared that the whole of the gentlemen on the 

 printed list had been unanimously elected. 



The Twenty-eighth Annual Report was then read by the 

 Secretary. 



The Treasurer read his statement of account and balance 

 sheet for the year 1893, which had been duly audited and 

 certified as correct by Messrs. Hardy and Chapman. 



It was moved by Mr. J. Slade, seconded, and unanimously 

 resolved that the report and statement of account now read be 

 received and adopted, and that they be printed and circulated 

 in the usual way. 



The President having expressed his thanks to the members 

 for the renewed expression of their confidence in having re- 

 elected him to the office of President of the Society, proceeded 

 to deliver the customary Presidential Address, the first portion 

 of which dealt with the recent improvements in the microscope 

 and its accessories, and concluded with a description of his own 

 improved appartltus for photo-micrography, which was ex- 

 hibited in the room in its complete form, as ready for use. 



Mr. A. D. Michael had very great pleasure in moving a 

 hearty vote of thanks to the President for his admirable 

 address. It would be felt by all who had listened to it that the 

 summary with which it commenced would form a storehouse of 

 information for future reference, which could not fail to be of 

 gi^eat service ; whilst the account he had given of his own 

 progress in the art of photo-micrography had been extremely 

 interesting, and could hardly fail to be equally useful. The 

 exhibition of the apparatus had also added greatly to the 

 interest of the subject, as showing by what means those results 

 had been produced, which the President of the Club might well 

 be proud of, and which certainly would not be easily beaten. 



Mr. J. E. Ingpen said he had great pleasure in seconding the 

 vote ^ thanks. He had known Mr. Nelson for a long time, 

 and had a high opinion of his work. He had always made a 

 point of directing their attention to important improvements in 

 the microscope (not a few of which had been due to his own 

 invention and suggestion), and also of criticising points of theory 



