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the finances in as good a state as Mr. Vezey left them ; he 

 should have a very good start, and hoped he might be able to 

 carry on the work as well as his predecessor. 



The President regretted they had no paper on the agenda 

 for the evening, possibly owing to the near approach of the 

 Christmas season, which frequently caused some falling off in 

 their attendance. He wished them a very enjoyable time and 

 a very happy and prosperous new year. 



The Secretary announced that their next ordinary meeting 

 would be held on January 19th, when members would be asked 

 to make nominations for filling vacancies upon the committee ; 

 and they would also have at that meeting to elect an Auditor 

 on behalf of the Club to audit the Treasurer's accounts for the 

 year. 



The meeting concluded with the usual conversazione. 



Ordinary Meeting. — January 19th, 1900. 

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



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following donations were announced : — 



"Proceedings of the Academy of Natural) 



Sciences of Philadelphia " 1^'^°'^ *'^« ^'^^'i'- 



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



*' Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists' ) _ 



^ . „ >From the Society. 



" Proceedings of the Literary and Philo- 1 



sophical Society of Manchester " ...j " " " 



"Journal of the Koyal Microscopical | 



Society" ) " " 



" The Botanical Gazette " In exchange. 



" La Nuova Notarisia " ... ... ... ,, 



The Secretary reminded the members that the next meeting 

 would be the Annual Meeting of the Club, at which the Officers 

 and Committee for the ensuing year would be elected. 



