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out). It was suggested that the colour and condition might 

 be due to a microscopic fungus. 



Mr. G. H. Broadbent, M.R.C.S., &c., exhibited under 

 the microscope a sample of stable manure water containing 

 large numbers of Paramoecia. 



Mr. CUNLIFFE exhibited under the microscope speci- 

 mens of Polycistina. 



\_Microscopical and Natural History Section^ 



Ordinary Meeting, December 14th, 1892. 



The President of the Section, Mr. R. E. CUNLIFFE, 

 in the Chair. 



The section adopted the following resolution, proposed 

 by the President : — " That the section notes with regret the 

 death of Sir Richard Owen on the 18th inst, and testifies 

 its sense of the loss which the country has sustained by the 

 death of so distinguished a naturalist." 



Mr. Hyde exhibited a specimen of a gall occurring on a 

 Yew tree ( Cecidoviyia taxi), and stated that in the case of 

 two trees growing side by side, one was covered with the 

 gall and the other was quite free. 



Mr. G. H. Broadbent, M.R.C.S., &c., drew attention to 

 the most recent advances in the microscopic investigation 

 of cancer. 



