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The President then left the cliair and formally installed Dr. Braithwaite as 

 Lis successor. 



Dr. Braitliwaite cordially thanked the members of the Club for the honour 

 tliey had conferred upon him in electing him as their President, and for the 

 honour done not only to himself but to the profession to which he belonged, and 

 wliich had furnished each president since the Club had been in existence. So 

 far as he was able he should be happy to render his services to the Club, but it 

 would be to the working members of it that he must look for that tflficient 

 support which they only could render, and upon which alone success must 

 depend. 



Mr, B. D. Jackson had much pleasure in moving " That a vote of thanks be 

 presented to the President and Officers of the Club for their valuable services 

 during the past year." 



Mr. Sigsworth seconded the proposal, which was put to the meeting and 

 carried by acclamation. 



Mr. T. Curties said that in addition to tlie resolution which had just been put 

 to the meeting, he should like to propose '' That a special vote of thanks be 

 presented to Dr Lionel S. Beale for his valued aid and great kindness to the 

 Club during the period of his presidency, and also for his very valuable address 

 just read, which ij; was hoped they would be allowed to publish in extenso in 

 their Transactions." 



Mr. Pett had great pleasure in seconding this motion, which was put to the 

 meeting and carried unanimously, amidst great applause. 



Dr. Beale expressed his thanks to the meeting for the vote of thanks to himself 

 which they had so enthusiastically passed, and only wished that he had deserved 

 it more ; for he felt conscious that of late he had not been amongst them so 

 often as he could have desired. He should look back upon the past two years 

 with great pleasure, and he could certainly say that some of the pleasantest 

 evenings he had ever spent had been spent with them in that room. The 

 meetings had brought back to his mind much of the work which he used to 

 engage in, and which he only regretted that his present engagements did not 

 now permit him to follow more closely. 



Mr. J. G. Waller proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Peeves and Mr. Ward for 

 their services as scrutineers that evening. 



Mr. Burch seconded the proposition, which was unanimously cari'ied. 



The Secretary announced the following Donations to the Club : — 



*' The Monthly Microscopical Journal " from, the Publisher. 



" Science Gossip" ^^ 



*' The Popular Science Review" ,, 



" Proceedings of the Royal Society," ISTo. 135,... the Society. 



*' The American Naturalist " in exchange. 



The first No. of " Grevillea," from the Editor. 



*' Proceedings of the Geologists' Association " ) 



for July ...j the Association. 



Perira's " Lectures on Polarised Light," ... Mr. T. C. White. 



Taylor's " Half Hours at the Sea Side," ... Mr. Pett. 



12 Slides of Injected Preparations Mr. Amos Topping. 



The thanks of the Club were voted to the donors. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and duly elected members of the 

 Club:-Mr. John Alstone, Mr. Thos. Wra. Cowan, Mr. Ernest Doggett, Mr. 

 Thos, Harper Francis, Mr. John Harrod, Mr. Charles N. Levien, Mr. George 



