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On the motion of Mr. Rogers, seconded by Mr. Barratt, 

 it was resolved — 



That Mr. Brothers be requested to ascertain whether 

 and when Dr. Gamgee would permit the members of the 

 Section to visit and inspect the Physiological Laboratory. 



Annual Meeting, April 7th, 1884. 



J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S., President of the Section, 

 in the Chair. 



Secretary s Report for the Session 1883-4. 



The Section has held 7 meetings, and the Council 3, during 

 the Session. The average atendance has been 9, 



During the past year one Member, Mr. Wilfred Becker, 

 and two Associates, Messrs. Lionel Adams and Dr. Hartog, 

 have resigned. Dr. Hartog's resignation, which has deprived 

 the Section of an able and active member, was consequent 

 upon his appointment to a Professorship at one of the Queen's 

 Colleges in Ireland. During the same period 8 new Mem- 

 bers, Mr. H. H. Howorth, Dr. Hodgkinson, B.Sc, and Mr. C. 

 H. Hurst, and one Associate, Mr. H. Hyde, have been elected, 

 making our present number 33 Members and 9 Associates. 



The Session has been one of unusual quietude both in the 

 attendance at the meetings and the number and importance 

 of the communications. Of the 14? communications (as 

 against 19 last Session) which have been made, Professor 

 Dreshfeld's demonstration of " Some Micro-organisms found 

 to be present in connection with certain diseases," and Mr. 

 Boyd's " On some parasitic mites," are the most important. 



A supplementary meeting of the Section has been arranged 



for the 25th inst., to enable certain further communications 



to be made. 



RoBT. E. CuNLiFFE, Hon. Sec. 



Manchester, 7th April, 1884. 



