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HE Season has again arrived when the Editor is, 

 according to time-honoured custom, expected to 

 address a few Hues to his readers. 



Acting on the advice of our Publisher and numerous 

 ^" friends, parts 7 and 8 of this Journal have been pub- 

 lished together ; by this slight irregularity we are enabled, not 

 only to complete the volume at the close of the financial year 

 of the Postal Microscopical Society, but we shall also be able 

 to commence our Third Volume concurrently with all the 

 Quarterly Scientific Periodicals, and trust that this will prove 

 of considerable advantage to our Members and Subscribers 

 generally. 



We review the work of the past two years with much 

 satisfaction, feeUng assured that the "Journal of the Postal 

 Microscopical Society" is making steady progress, and that the 

 time is not far distant when a copy will be taken by every 

 Microscopist throughout the United Kingdom. 



It has occurred to us that the title chosen for our 

 Journal is somewhat too exclusive, appearing to limit the scope 



