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November 14th, 1873. — Conveesational Meeting. 



The following objects were exhibited : — 



Geometrical pattern of scales, diatoms, and foraminifera Mr. Curties. 



Fungoid growth on leaf-miner Mr. Fitch. 



Tongue of earwig ,, 



Jjeaf of Hip poplide rJiamnoides Mr. Glasspoole. 



Oemmellaria loriculata ... ... ... Mr. Golding. 



Foraminifera from corals and sponges Mr. Hailes. 



Photographed Diffraction-grating- 3,000 lines to the) -nr Ine-nen 



inch — showing interference lines ) • SV • 



Hippuric Acid Mr. Priest. 



Leg of Brazilian Beetle Mr. F. Reeve. 



Eye of Blow-fly (opaque^ with ^ inch objective) Mr. Jas. Smith. 



Hairs from flower of Durio, from Borneo Mr. J. A. Smith. 



Section of leaf of i^icws eiasfica ... Mr. T. C. White. 



*' Science Gossip " Section cutter Mr. Walter White. 



Cyclosis in Anacharis, with ^ inch objective Mr. Geo. Williams. 



Attendance Members, 67; Visitors, 4. 



Nov. 28th, 1873. — Chairman, Dr. E. Braithwaite, F.L.S., 

 President. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 

 Mr. Charles Cradock Underwood was balloted for, and duly elected a 

 member of the Club. 



The following donations to the Club were announced : — 



"The Monthly Microscopical Journal "... .. from the Publisher. 



•'Science Gossip" ... ,, 



*' The American Naturalist" (Oct. and Nov.)... in exchange. 



*' Proceedings of the Geologists" Association"... from the Association. 



*' Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophi- "> 



cal Society of Manchester" > 



" The 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Eeports of the^ 

 Colonial Museum and Laboratory of Now f 

 Zealand, and a Catalogue of the Birds of l" 



New Zealand " J 



"The Geological Survey of Canada " 



6 Slides , 



4 Slides of Sections 



The thanks of the Club were voted to the donors. 

 The chair having been taken pro tern, by Mr. Chas. F. White, 

 Dr. Braithwaite read a paper " On the changes in the cell during the process 

 of growth."* The paper was in continuance of the series " On the Histology of 

 Plants," and was illustrated by black board drawings. 



the Association. 



Mr. Thos.J. Barratt. 



Mr. Kettle. 



Mr. S. Israel. 



Mr. Walter Wliite. 



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