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country, but your Committee feel much, pleasure in an- 

 nouncing that, by the addition of new Members, the list still 

 presents over 500 names. They regret to say that an 

 honoured name has been removed by death from the pages of 

 their last report ; and other scientific Societies, besides the 

 Quekett Microscopical Club, in which he always took a warm 

 interest, will mourn the loss of Mons. Alphonse de Brebisson. 



In concluding this Report your Committee desire to ex- 

 press their thanks to the following gentlemen for their 

 valuable co-operation during the past year; they cannot 

 lightly pass over the ser\dces rendered for many years by 

 Mr. Richard T. Lewis as their Honorary Reporter, and 

 they here acknowledge how much the Publishing Com- 

 mittee of the Journal have been indebted to him for his 

 accurate reports of the Proceedings of the Meetings. And 

 they also wish on this occasion to accord their especial 

 thanks to Mr. Edward Jaques, who, from the commence- 

 ment of the Club has acted as its Honorary Librarian, and 

 whose services they regret they are now compelled to lose ; 

 but they feel much satisfaction in being able to announce 

 that they have found his successor in Mr. Alphkus Smith, 

 who for some time past has generously given his services to 

 the Club as its Assistant-Librarian ; they also take this 

 opportunity of thanking their honorary Curator, Mr. Gr. W. 

 Ruffle, for his indefatigable care of the Cabinets of Slides, 

 and to Mr. B. D. Jackson, who has kindly consented to 

 assist him in the issue of Slides to the Members ; they feel 

 that their thanks are also due to Messrs. Gay, Oxley, Reeves, 

 and Suffolk, to whose endeavours the organisation of the 

 excursions owe their efficiency ; and they also desire to 

 record their obligations to Messrs. Hailes and Marks, the 

 Exchange of Slides Committee, for the satisfactory manner 

 in which they administer this department of the Club. And 



