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The following donations to the Club were announced : — 



" Proceeding's of the Royal Institu-") T , 



° n J y In exchange, 



tion," part 3 J S 



" Proceedings of the Belgian Micro-") -^ ., « , , 



scopical Society " ... ... J 



'•Proceedings of the Royal Institu-) 



tion of Cornwall" ... ... J 



"The American Monthly Micro-") T , 



J In exchange, 



scopical Journal ... ... J 



"The Microscope" „ 



" Annals of Natural History " ... ... Purchased. 



" Proceedings of the Royal Society"... In exchange. 



The thanks of the Club were voted to the donors. 



The Secretary said they had also received from their old 

 friend Mr. Andrew a bottle containing sea water and mud from 

 the bottom, dredged up by the Challenger expedition. This 

 was of course by this time rather ancient, and if it had con- 

 tained many living organisms it might be advisable not to 

 open it in the room. It would, however, be handed over to 

 their Curator to deal with, and if found of interest the contents 

 would be at the disposal of any members of the Club who 

 desired to have any. Meanwhile they would express their 

 thanks to Mr. Andrew, who, though not now able to come 

 amongst them as he once did with such regularity — and never 

 without his microscope and something interesting to exhibit — 

 still showed a practical interest in the well-being of the Club. 



Mr. Ingpen said he was sure all present would be pleased to 

 hear from their old member and friend Mr. Andrew, who whilst 

 able to do so was one of the most regular attendants at their 

 meetings, and who always exhibited something when he came, 

 considering this to be his duty to the Clnb. If all the members 

 endeavoured to fulfil their duties as well as Mr. Andrew it 

 would no doubt be very greatly to the advantage of the Club. 



Surgeon V. Gunson Thorpe, R.N., said it had been his good 

 fortune during his five years' absence from the meetings of the 

 Club to visit several countries of the East. For one year he 

 was on the China station on board H.M.S. Peacock, and was 

 for some time in the neighbourhood of Woo-hoo, 260 miles up 

 the Yangtse Kiang, the largest river of China, and one of the 

 largest in the world, ranking perhaps next to the Amazon. At 



