Microscopical and Natural History Section. 195 



Annual Report of the Council of the Microscopical 

 and Natural History Section. 



The meetings have been held as usual, monthly, through- 

 out the session, and the attendance and interest have been 

 fully maintained. Considering the small number of members 

 and associates this is encouraging, but the Council feels that 

 if the section is to be kept up to its old standard, there 

 must be an infusion of new blood, and, therefore, appeals to 

 all to make an effort to make known the advantages which 

 the section can offer to all naturalists in this neighbourhood, 

 so as to induce them to enrol themselves as members or 

 associates. 



During this session four members and two associates 

 have resigned, one member has died, and one member and 

 one associate have been elected. 



Amongst those members who have resigned is the 

 section's former president, Professor W. C. WILLIAMSON, 

 LL.D., F.R.S. He has left the neighbourhood and gone 

 to reside in London, and, therefore, is unable any longer 

 to attend the meetings. One of the earliest members 

 of the section, he has always been its good friend, and his 

 contributions to its discussions have been always highly ap- 

 preciated. He will be missed very much, but the Council 

 hopes that his health may be spared to him to enable him 

 to continue his valuable scientific researches. 



It will be noticed from the statement of accounts that a 

 number of valuable books are still being added to the library, 

 such as the "British Hieracia," Fowler's "Coleoptera," and the 

 Journal de Conchyliologie. The Library also now contains a 

 complete set of the " Challenger Reports." Various scientific 

 periodicals are regularly taken in, and, from time to 



