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Your Committee desires to put on record its obligation to the 

 authors of these papers, several of which must have necessitated 

 much expenditure of time and labour, as well as skill, for 

 their production. The prestige of the Club outside its own 

 walls is very largely dependent on the quality of its printed 

 matter, and the Committee will welcome and do all in its 

 power to assist members submitting their investigations to the 

 meetings. 



A rather marked falling off has been noticeable of late in the 

 number of new instruments and accessories exhibited, which is 

 probably due to the present appliances fulfilling most of the needs 

 of microscopists rather than to want of invention. A very 

 laudable endeavour to improve and reduce the cost of the 

 ' student ' class of microscope and its objectives appears to be 

 the chief aim amongst opticians at the present time. 



With a view of making the work of the Club better known, the 

 Committee has had cards printed on which to announce the 

 papers and other matters to be submitted at the meetings. 

 Several well-known opticians have most kindly undertaken to 

 display these notices in some prominent position in their places of 

 business ; and the thanks of the Club are due and hereby offered 

 to these firms for this permission, which, it may be hoped, will 

 answer the purpose intended. At the same time, it should be 

 pointed out that, to be of value, the announcement must appear 

 at least a week in advance of the meeting, and members are 

 therefore requested to give the Secretary timely notice of their 

 proposed communications. 



The following is a list of the books and periodicals added to 

 the Library during the year ; — 



*• Cross & Cole's Modern Microscopy" :.. Presented. 



'' British Moss Flora," Part XVIII. ... Dr. Braithwaite. 



•• Report of the Smithsonian Institute," 1895 U.S. Government. 



'Tailless Batrachians of Europe," Vol. II., )^ 



r, a t, • X- ("Ray Society, 



by (Subscription ... ... ... . . . ) -^ '' 



• • Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science " ' Purchased . 



•■ Annals and Magazine of Natural History ' ., 



'' Catalogue Generals des Diatomees " ... ,, 



•' Journal Poyal Microscopical Society " ... In exchange. 



•• Proceedings of the Royal Society " ... ,, „ 



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