January i^t/i, igoi^ PROCEEDINGS. xxix 



[Microscopical and Natural History Section.'] 



Ordinary Meeting, January 14th, 1901. 



Charles Bailey, F.L.S., President of the Section, in the Chair. 



Mr. John R. Ragdale, C.C., was elected Treasurer in the 

 place of Mr. Mark Sykes. A vote of thanks and regret was 

 unanimously accorded to Mr. Sykes. 



Mr. SvKES described the work done by himself, in conjunc- 

 tion with the Hon. Secretary, during the past eighteen months, 

 in systematically arranging, labelling and cataloguing the slides 

 of microscopical objects in the Section's two cabinets, which 

 have been acquired since the formation of the Section in 1858. 

 All the slides, numbering about 1,400, have now been arranged 

 for reference and study. Every name has, as far as possible, 

 been verified, and a MS. catalogue has been prepared and 

 presented to the Section. Each slide bears an official label 

 marked " A " or " B " for the cabinet, together with the number 

 of the tray and a consecutive number for each tray. It will now 

 ba possible to keep the slides in order, and to replace in their 

 proper position any that may be removed. 



The thanks of the Section were voted to Mr. Sykes and the 

 Hon. Secretary for their joint labours, and it was resolved that 

 the MS. catalogue be bound for ease of reference. 



Mr. Thomas Rogers exhibited a collection of Hymeno- 

 l)hyllums and Trichomanes from the Blue Mountains, Jamaica. 



