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The Treasurer, Mr. C. S. Shultz, presented his Report, of 

 which the summary is as follows : — 



Receipts, to Jan. 6th, 1888 - - - $436. 61 

 Disbursements, to Jan. 6th, 1888 - - 392.55 



Balance, Jan. 6th, 1888 - - - $44-o6 



Mr. C. F. Cox said it would be remembered that some months 

 ago Dr. Julien read a very interesting paper upon a remarkable 

 exhibition of phosphorescence observed in the ocean and on 

 the beach at Long Branch, and that he (Mr. Cox) had sug- 

 gested that the organism which Dr. Julien had found abound- 

 ing in the water was a flagellate bacterium which was supported 

 by the abundance of dead jelly-fish present at that time. It 

 would be remembered, also, that Dr. Julien was inclined to 

 attribute the phosphorescence to this bacterium-like creature, 

 while he (Mr. Cox) was disposed to believe it to be due to the 

 decaying substance of the acalephs. He now wished to call 

 attention to a summary, in the Royal Microscopical Society's 

 Journal for December, 1887, p. 1009, of investigations by Prof. 

 J. Forster and Dr. C. B. Tilanus, into the phosphorescence of 

 bacteria, which seemed to furnish facts in support of Dr. Julien's 

 theory. 



Mr. Cox further called attention to a communication to the 

 Royal Microscopical Society by Dr. Henri Van Heurck (De- 

 cember, 1887, p. 1068), in which he replied to criticisms which 

 he (Mr. Cox) had made upon photomicrographs sent to this 

 Society some time ago, which criticisms, however, were errone- 

 ously attributed to Hon. J. D. Cox, of Cincinnati. Mr. Cox 

 said he was not willing that his brother should be held respon- 

 sible for any of his views. In questions relating to photomicro- 

 graphy General Cox was an acknowledged authority, whereas 

 he himself professed only the most general acquaintance with 

 the subject. He had, however, just taken from the Society's 

 cabinet, and held in his hand, the set of photographs which had 

 been the subject of criticism, and a re-examination of them 

 proved that in most of them the back-ground had been painted 

 out. He was glad to learn, from Dr. Van Heurck's letter to the 

 Royal Microscopical Society, that he had abandoned this unde- 



