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The President gave uotice fliat the next meeting would be made 

 speeial to consider au alteration in the Bye-laws as to the payment of 

 the first year's subscri])tiou by new Fellows. 



Mr. Crisp explained that imder the existing regulations new 

 Fellows elected in January to June paid the full year's subscription, 

 while those elected in the months of October, November, and 

 December did not pay for that year at all. It was thought to be 

 preferable to divide the year into two or four parts so far as tlie 

 first year's subscription was concerned, so that new Fellows would 

 pay a proportionate jjart of the first year's subscription according to 

 the time of their election. 



Mr. Beck suggested that the amount to be paid by new Fellows 

 should be proportionate to the months lemaining of the year in which 

 they were elected. 



Messrs. Ross's improved Microscope stand was exhibited and 

 described by Mr. Crisp. 



Mr. G. E. Davis's letter relating to two slides of micro-fungi 

 which he sent was read. 



Professor Abbe's Note " On the Origin of Homogeneous Immer- 

 Bion " was read by Mr. Crisp, and a further Note describing the proper 

 use of his Immersion Condenser. 



Mr. George Williams' Note on " Wenham's Dry Paraboloid and 

 Am'pln^leura j)cllnckla " was read by Mr. Crisp (see p. 524). 



Mr. Beck said he thought it right to say that the dry paraboloid 

 had been used before for resolving diatoms ; in fact, if the light 

 were thrown upon it in an oblique position, it was one of the easiest 

 methods of resolving test-objects. 



Mr. Curties said that Mr. Williams merely claimed as a novelty 

 the arrangement of the stoi)8 described in his Note. 



Mr. Crisp described the ToUes-Rogers Illuminator for opaque 

 objects (sec \). 52G). 



The Rev. H. Higgins' Note *'0n theriasinodiaof Myxomycetes " 

 was read by Mr. Stewart, the drawings in illustration being enlarged 

 upon the board. 



Dr. Maddox's illustrations of the life-history o Di *^onuiceio 



were exliibited, and the President called uttention to the adm .ible 

 character of tlio drawings. 



Hcrr Brandt's improved Kivct-Leiser Microtome was described 

 by Mr. Crisp (see p. 001). 



