xxxii Proceedings. [April 15th, i go i. 



[Microscopical and Natural History Section^ 

 Annual Meeting, April 15th, 1901. 



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



The Council presented the following report of the Section 

 for the session 1900- 1901 : 



" Your Council, in presenting a report for the past session, 

 has to record a slight reduction in the membership of the section, 

 its numbers now amounting to 1 7 members and 1 1 associates, 

 as against 17 and 13 respectively, at the corresponding period of 

 the previous session. 



"The following is a list of the existing membership : — 



Members: — J. J. Ashworth, Charles Bailey, F.L.S., 

 John Boyd, G. H. Broadbent, M.R.C.S., Henry Brogden, 

 Dr. A. Brovi'n, Edward Coward, R. E. Cunliffe, Hastings 

 C. Dent, F.L.S., Dr. A. Hodgkinson, C. J. Heywood, W. E. 

 Hoyle, M.A., F.R.S.E., J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S., 

 Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S., J. R. Ragdale, C. H. Schill, 

 Mark Stirrup, F.G.S. 



Associates: — J. F. Allen, Dr. Booth, Peter Cameron, 

 Peter Cunliffe, L. W. Hunt, Henry Hyde, John Mullen, 

 Thomas Rogers, Theodore Sington, William Stanley, 

 John Watson. 



" The cash in the bank at the credit of the section at this 

 date amounts to ^^24. 5s. 5d., as will be seen from the Treasurer's 

 account, as against the sum of ^24. 12s. 3d, at the beginning of 

 the session. 



" The usual meetings have been held regularly each month, 

 and their interest has been fully maintained by the papers read 

 and the objects exhibited. But your Council regrets to record 

 that the attendance continues to slowly decline ; this must be 

 attributed to the specialisation which has taken place in natural 

 history and microscopical studies, each branch of science forming 

 a separate organisation to foster its special pursuits. 



