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 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Meeting of 14th May, 1879, at King's College, Strand, W.C. 

 The President (Da. Beale, F.R.S.) in the CHiiiR. 



The President on taking the Chair congratulated the Fellows 

 upon having obtained possession of their new room and upon the 

 appearance it presented. They were very much indebted to the 

 Library Committee for the successful manner in which they had 

 arranged the room, and it was also satisfactory to know that this liad 

 been eifected out of revenue, and without diminishing the capital 

 account of the Society, 



The thanks of the Society were, on the motion of the President, 

 voted to the Library Committee. 



The Minutes of the meeting of 9th April were read. 



Mr. Michael said that though Mr. Stephenson's motion included 

 a declaration that the y ^-^ of a millimetre was too large a standard, 

 he and others who voted upon it understood that a suggestion of Dr. 

 Edmunds had been adopted, and that the latter part of the motion 

 only was intended to be jjut to the Meeting. 



Mr. Ingpen confirmed this, and 



The President, with the assent of the Meeting, erased the first 

 part of the motion (leaving it to stand, " That in the opinion of 

 this Society it is not expedient at present to prescribe by any formal 

 resolution the adoption of a fixed standard for micrometry "), and the 

 minutes were so confirmed and 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 tlie 

 donors, viz. : — 



From 



Burgess, E. — The Anatomy of the Head and the Structure 

 of the Maxilla in the Psocidaa. (Reprinted from the 

 ' Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.' 

 Vol. xix. 1878) The Author. 



' Index Medicus : a Monthly Classified Record of the Cur- 

 rent Medical Literature of the World.' Compiled under 

 the supervision of Dr. J. S. Billings and Dr. R. Fletcher. 

 Vol. i. Nos. 1, 2, and 3 (January, February, and 

 March.) 4to. New York, 1879 The Editor. 



Triibner, N.—' Bibliographical Guide to American Litera- 

 ture.' 8vo. London, 1859 Mr. Crispy. 



12 Slides of Insects from Nevis, West Indies Dr. J. Borell. 



2 Slides of Lung of Sheffield Saw-grinder Mr. A. C. Cole. 



15 Photographs of Blood-corpuscles of Man and Animals .. Dr. J. B. TreadivcU. 



3 Carved Wood Chairs for the President and Secretaries.. Mr, Criq). 



The President, in reading the names of further Societies recom- 

 mended by the Council under the bye-law as to Ex-officio Fellows, said 



