1 886.] NEW-YORK MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 33 



Meeting of January 15TH. — The Annual Meeting. 



The President, Mr. C. Van Brunt, in the chair. 

 Twenty-eight persons present. 



REPORT of THE PRESIDENT, MR. C. VAN BRUNT, ON 

 THE STATE OF THE SOCIETY. 



The President said : " While I acknowledge that the gain in 

 membership during the past year, and the satisfactory condition 

 of our treasury, indicate continued prosperity for the society, I 

 cannot help saying that, in my opinion, a more important indica- 

 tion of such prosperity is the unmistakably growing interest of the 

 members in our proceedings, as shown by their full attendance, 

 by their frequent contributions of valuable information to the 

 Society, and by the readiness of so many of them to discuss 

 whatever questions come before it. 



" Something like this I said to you at the Annual Meeting of 

 1885, but I am pleased to add, that I have greater justification 

 for the remarks now, than I had then. 



"One feature of our gatherings I have observed, and with 

 satisfaction, — the social element which pervades them, caused 

 mainly by the presence of so many visitors of the gentler sex, 

 members of our families, or our friends. I think that this 

 feature adds to the attractiveness of our meetings ; indeed, I 

 think the attendance of visitors of both sexes should be en- 

 couraged. 



" From the Minutes, I have prepared a concise statement of 

 the more important subjects which have occupied our time at 

 the meetings of the past year, which statement is as follows : — 



1. Feb. 20th. — The Life of an Oyster. By Prof. Samuel 

 LocKWooD, Ph.D. 



2. Mar. 6th. — Cell-structure of Pinus Strobus. By P. H. 

 Dudley. 



3. Visual Field of Worker Honey-Bee's Ocelli. By the Rev. 

 J. L. Zabriskie. 



4. Mar. 20th. — A Caterpillar Fungus from New Zealand, and 

 Some Related Species of the United States; illustrated. 

 By the Rev. J. L. Zabriskie. 



5 Apr. 3d. — The Proper Care and Use of Microscope Ob- 

 jectives. By William Wales. 



