PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Income and Expendituee During the Year Ending 31st December, 1875. 



Dr. £ «. d. 



Subscriptions for 1875 64 



liife Compositions 25 



Sale of ' Transactions ' 10 



Subscriptions received for 



1876 8 10 



Cr. £ s. d. 



Books and Stationery 7 9 



Advertising 1 11 4 



Printing ' Transactions ' 22 8 



Miscellaneous Printing 10 12 



Reporting I 11 6 



Eent — Watford Public 



Library 5 



Attendance at ditto 12 6 



Subscription to Ray Society 110 



Ditto to' Geological Record' 10 6 



Ballot Box 1 5 6 



Geological Maps 3 6 6 



Postages 6 15 10 



Sundry small expenses 19 10 



Amount placed to Deposit 



Account at the London 



and County Bank 25 



Balance „ 16 6 



£89 10 



We, the undersigned, having examined the above statement 

 of Income and Expenditure, aud the vouchers referring 

 thereto, hereby certify that the said account is correct. 



2nd February, 1876. 



JOHN P. BENSKIX, 



C. F. HOLLINGSWORTH, 



Oedinart Meeting, 9th March, 1876. 

 Alfred T. Brett, Esq., M.D., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Robert Clutterbuck, F.G.S , F.ll.G.S., 8, Great Cumberland 

 Place, Hyde Park, London ; Mr. Jonathan King, "Wiggenball, 

 Watford ; Mr. W. McMurray McParlane, Loudwater, Kickmans- 

 ■worth ; and the Rev. R. Holden Webb, M A., Essendon Roctoiy, 

 Hatfield, were elected Members of the Society. 



L( Iters were read from Mr. G. J. Symons, and Mr. W. Whitaker, 

 thanking the Society for their election as Honorary Members. 



The following lecture was delivered : — 



"On some of the Simpler Methods of Microscopical ^Mounting." 

 By Arthur Cottam, P.R.A.S. 



Mr. Cottam illustrated his lecture practically by mounting 

 objects dry and in Canada balsam. He recommended Mr. Davies' 

 work,* in the Society's libraiy, as the best guide to microscopical 

 mounting. 



* The Preparation aud Mounting of Microscopic Objects. 



2nd edition. 



