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The President moved a vote of thanks to those gentlemen who exhibited ob- 

 jects at the soiree, and to the Soiree Committee by whom the various arrange- 

 ments were made. 



The Secretary seconded the vote of thanks, and mentioned that although no 

 notices were sent beforehand so many members came forward as exhibitors that 

 it was almost a matter of difficulty to find space for all without inconveniently 

 crowding.— Carried unanimously. 



The Secretary, in reply to Mr. Curties, stated that the Cabinet would very 

 shortly be again opened to the members ; it had been thoroughly overhauled and 

 its contents re-arranged, and a complete catalogue of the slides had been pre- 

 pared and printed. As soon as it was possible to go through them all and check 

 them off by the catalogue the Cabinet would be placed upon the table and be 

 accessible to the members on the gossip nights. 



The Secretary also announced that the excursion season would commence in 

 April, the first being arranged for the 5th of that month — to Barnes. 



The proceedings then terminated with a conversazione, at which the following 

 objects were exhibited : — 



Platino-cyanide of Magnesium by Mr. Curties. 



Ciliary action on surface of Tadpole's body ... Mr. Fitch. 



Hairs of Lion, Mole, &c. ") t.t„ n^^T^: 



Pyro-gallic acid j ^^^- folding. 



Platino-cyanide of Strontian Mr. Goodinge. 



Halodactylus with diatoms in its stomach ... Mr. Ingpen. 



Eggs of Vapourer Moth Mr. B. T. Lewis. 



New mode of illumination Mr. Locke. 



Hairs of Hippophae rhamnoides Mr. Marks. 



Section of Human Placenta injected Mr. Topping. 



Attendance— Members, 67 ; Visitors, 9; total, 76. 



April 2oth, 1875. —Chairman, Dr. R. Braithwaite, F.L.S., President. 



The following donations to the Club were announced : — 



*' The Monthly Microscopical Journal" from the Publisher. 



" Science Gossip " ,, 



"The Popular Science Review" ,, 



" The Proceedings of the Royal Society," No. 143 the Society. 



" The American Naturalist " in exchange. 



*' Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophi- ") 



cal Society of Manchester" ) from the Society. 



* * Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical 7 



Society of Edinburgh," 12 Nos. ... ) the Society. 



*' The Journal of the London Institution" ... the Librarian. 



" The 2nd Annual Report of the South London") 



Microscopical and Natural History Society " ) the Society. 



Six Slides of Spiculse Mr. J. G. Waller. 



The thanks of the Club were unanimously voted to the donors. 

 Mr. Golding said that ever since he had been connected with the Club he had 

 noticed that communications of a simple kind were always well received by the 

 members, indeed one of his earliest reminiscences was in connection with a 

 short paper by Mr. Mclntire, descriptive of some little contrivances of his 

 which he found useful. It was the readiness with which such simple communi- 

 catious had always been received which induced him to bring before the notice 



