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 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Annual Meeting of 11th February, 1880, at King's College, 

 Strand, W.C, The President (Dr. Beale, F.E.S.) in the Chair. 



The Minutes of tlie meetiBg of 14th January last were read and 

 confirmed, and were signed by the President. 



The List of Donations (exclusive of exchanges) received since the 

 last meeting was submitted, and the thanks of the Society given to 

 the donors. 



From 

 Catalogue of Scientific Papers (1864-73), compiled by the 



Royal Society of London. Vol. viii. (i-z), 1310 pp. (4to. 



London, 1879) The Royal Society. 



Huxley, Prof. T. H., F.R.S.— The Crayfish : An Introduction 



to the Study of Zoology. 371 pp., 81 figs., and 1 plate. 



(8vo. London, 1880) Mr. Crisp. 



M'Alpine, D. and A. N. — Biological Atlas. 49 pp., 24 plates. 



(4 to. Edinburgh and London, 1880) Tlie Pvhlishers. 



London Clay with Diatoms in situ Mr.W.H. Shmbsole. 



Mr- Crisp called attention to the ingenious arrangement of Wales' 

 " Iris Diaphragm," and read a description of Mr. Ahrens' arrangement 

 for using the Wenham prism with high powers, comparing it with 

 Mr. Weuham's original device of a small prism fitting into the 

 object-glass. 



The Report of the Council was read by Mr. Stewart (see p. 368), 

 many portions of which were received with much applause. 



Sir Antonio Brady moved — " That the Keport now read be adopted 

 and printed, and that a special vote of thanks be presented to Mr. 

 Crisp for his honorary services in connection with the Journal." He 

 had great pleasure in doing this, as he thought the condition of the 

 Society was eminently satisfactory, and that the Journal reflected the 

 highest credit upon them. 



Mr. Beck, in seconding the motion, was also glad to congratulate 

 the Society on its prosperity. He never recollected any year when 

 the Fellows had had so much provided for them as during the last, 

 or when the papers read at their meetings had possessed so much 

 interest. They now had not only meetings of a most interesting 

 character, but they had also a Journal which he did not hesitate to 

 say was a model of what a scientific Society's Journal should be in 

 every respect. He was very glad to find that the Council had pro- 

 posed a special vote of thanks to Mr. Crisp in connection with the 

 Journal, and he was sure that it would meet with the cordial approval 

 of all the Fellows. The Society now took rank as a scientific society 

 of the first order, and he thought they were to be highly congratu- 

 lated upon it. 



The President jjut the resolution to the Meeting, and declared it 

 carried by acclamation. He said that by their applause they had 



