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May 19th, 1899.— Ordinary Meeting. 

 J. Tatham, Esq., M.A., M.D., F.R.M.S., President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the meeting of April 21st were read and 

 confirmed. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and duly elected 

 members of the Club. Mr. Maurice Blood, M.A., Mr. John H. 

 Garnar, Mr. F. L. Pochin, M.B., and Mr. G. T. West. 



The following donations to the Club were announced : — 

 *' Journal of Applied Microscopy " ... From the Publishers. 



*' Proceedings of the Canadian Institute "... In Exchange. 

 " ,, ,, Manchester Literary ) 



and Philosophical Society "... I " 



" Proceedings of the Nova Scotia Insti- \ 



tute of Sciences " ... ... ) 



"Journal of the Royal Microscopical ) 



Society" ... ... ... ... j 



" British Moss Flora," Part 19 From the Author. 



" Proceedings and Bulletin of the United 



States National Museum " ... j " 



*' Report of the Smithsonian Institution" ... „ Institution. 



The thanks of the Club were voted to the donors. 



Mr. Karop described a new electric hot stage by Reichert of 

 Vienna, which had been sent to the meeting for exhibition by 

 Mr. C. L. Curties. This ingenious contrivance was placed upon 

 the stage of the microscope and connected to the house current 

 through a contact-breaker which could be set to maintain the 

 temperature constant to any required degree. 



The thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to Mr. 

 Curties for sending this apparatus for exhibition, and to Mr. Karop 

 for explaining it. 



Mr. Watson Baker exhibited a new super-stage for the micro- 

 scope for use when dissecting or employing liquids which it was 

 desirable should not be allowed to fall upon the stage of the 

 instrument itself. It had been made to the design of Mr. G. T. 

 West. It was made of metal, but had wood blocks at the sides 

 on which to rest the hands, and it could be used as a hot stage if 

 so required. 



