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The nominations made by the Committee were then read a& 

 under : — 



As President . Dr. Tatham. 



As Vice-Presidents Messrs. Waller, Dallinger, Michael, and 



Newton. 

 Other officers as before. 

 As Auditor on behalf of Committee, Mr. J. M. Allen. 



The Secretary said it would be necessary for the members to 

 nominate for five vacancies on the Committee in place of the 

 four senior members who retire in rotation, and in place of Dr, 

 Tatham, who had been proposed as President. 



The following nominations were then made : — 



Mr. H. Morland, proposed by Mr. Nelson, seconded by Dr. Tatham. 

 Mr. C. D. Soar, „ Mr. Harris, ,, Mr. Travis. 



Mr. F. A. Parsons, „ Mr. West, „ Mr. Macer. 



Mr. E. Dadswell, „ Mr. Dineen, „ Mr. Nelson. 



Mr. J. M. Allen, „ Dr. Measures, „ Mr. PowelL 



As Auditor on behalf of the Club : — 



Mr. W. J. Chapman was proposed by Mr. Macer, seconded 

 by Mr. J. D. Hardy, and unanimously elected. 



Dr. Measures exhibited and described a camera for photomicro- 

 graphy, and also a new series of lenses by Zeiss, for special use in 

 low-power photography. In illustration of the capabilities of 

 these lenses two large-size direct photographs of a spider were 

 exhibited, one of which had been taken with an apochromatic 

 lens and the other with one of the new series. 



Mr. A. D. Michael said he had just taken a glance at these 

 photographs, and thought the one taken by this new lens was, 

 as a photograph, about as fine as could be wished, but as a 

 zoological illustration it was quite useless, because, as the creature 

 was flattened and rendered translucent by the method of pre- 

 paration, and the photograph was taken by light passing through 

 the object, the ventral markings were all brought out as if they 

 were upon the back, so that he did not know of what use a 

 photograph of that kind could be as giving any idea of the 

 structure. 



Dr. Measures said that as the object in this case was rendered 



