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Mr. Parsons said there would be no necessity for regular attendance, but 

 the object was to give him the right to attend whenever he found it 

 desirable. 



Mr, J, W, Reed proposed to include the name of the Hon. Curator with 

 that of the Librarian in the motion just made by Mr. Newton. 



The Secretary said it would be necessary to appoint two Auditors of the 

 accounts. Mr. Hainworth had been appointed on behalf of the Committee* 

 and it was for the members to elect some other gentleman to act with him 

 on behalf of the Club. 



Mr. Hardy was proposed by Mr. Curties, and seconded by Mr. Sigsworth, 

 and duly elected by show of hands. 



Mr. Crisp said there was an impression amongst the members that the 

 persons proposed for members of Committee were generally elected accord- 

 ing to the position of their names on the Balloting list, so that whether a 

 man was elected or not might depend upon whether his name began with 

 an early letter of the alphabet. At first it might seem like a coincidence, 

 but it had now become to be regarded as almost a settled fact, and he asked 

 the Secretary whether he had ever taken out a list of the nominations at 

 various elections to see if it were really as stated ? 



The Secretary said that some time ago he made such a list, and his im- 

 pression was that unless the name of any person nominated either began 

 M'ith an early letter, or he was very well known, there was not much chance 

 of his election. 



After some further conversation upon the matter, 



Mr. Crisp gave notice that he would at the next meeting move that the 

 words " in alphabetical order" be struck out from Rule 3, and the words 

 "in order to be determined by lot " be inserted instead. 



The Secretary read the following communications from Mr. Julien 

 Deby :— 



" On Focussing with the Eyepiece." 



" On Mapping with the Microspectroscope." 



" On the Arrangement of Microscopic Objects such as diatoms, &c." 



" On a Hollow Condenser filled with Glycerine as an illuminator." 



" On an Alteration or ImproTement in the Growing Slide." 



" On the use of Copal Varnish." 



The Secretary exhibited and described Dr. Edumnds' new parabolized 

 gas slide.* 



Mr. R. T. Lewis read a note "On some Peculiarities in the large Flea 

 presented to the club by Mr. Tatem." Pen and ink drawings of this flea 

 and also of a rabbit flea were presented to the Club. 



Mr. J. Mackenzie described a swinging substage. This was arranged to 

 screw on to the front of the stage. 



Mr. lugpen thought that the diflSculty in the way of carrying out the 

 idea might be the possible infringement of a patent. 



Mr. Michael inquired how the stage was centered ? 



• For a description and illustration of this apparatus, see tlie " Journal of the Uoyal 

 Microscopical Society," Vol. hi., j). iM. 



