Proceedings. 139 



MICROSCOPICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY 

 SECTION. 



Annual Meeting;, April i6th, 1888. 



Professor W. C. WILLIAMSON, F.R.S., in the Chair. 



The Hon. Secretary read the Thirtieth Annual Report 

 of the Council of the Section. 



The meetings have been held regularly each month 

 during the session, and at each of them there has been a 

 fair attendance, the interest being well sustained all through, 

 and although there have not been many important papers 

 read, there has been al\va}^s a number of interesting com- 

 munications made and specimens exhibited. The Council 

 feels that if the advantages offered b}^ the Section were 

 more widely known, it would have the efYect of inducing a 

 large number of naturalists to join the Societ}-. 



During this session the Section has lost a former Presi- 

 dent and hearty supporter, Mr. JOSEPH Baxendell, F.R.S. 

 He had the faculty, by his tact and kindly manner, of 

 making himself greatly liked and esteemed by all who knew 

 him, and his decease leaves a gap it will be hard to fill. 

 Although for some time before his death he was unable to 

 attend our meetings, he always took a great interest in what 

 was going on at them. 



Owing to removal from Manchester, inability to attend 

 the meetings, etc., there have been several resignations, but 

 these have been counterbalanced by the addition of new 

 members and associates. 



It will be seen from the Hon. Treasurer's report that 

 the finances are in a satisfactory condition. To render the 

 ^microscopes more complete, a set of object glasses has been 

 procured. As a full account of the proceedings has been 



