white card. If a black backgrroiirn-l is desired the 

 object should be laid on a piece of perfectly black 

 velveteen on the glass and the white card removed. 

 The apparatus stands on the ledge of a north 

 window when in use. A small stop must be used 

 (f :12) and backed plates to get the best results. 

 Imperial ordinary backed are not to be beaten. 

 For flowers with blue, yellow and green, u=e an 

 Ilford chromatic plate and No. 6 yellow sereea. 

 White flowers can be photographed on black velvet 

 without a trace of halation. 

 Develop with : — 



Metol 2 grs. 



Quinol 2 or 3 grs. 



Pot. carb 24 grs. 



Pot. metabisulphite ... o gr-s. 



Pot. bromide ... ... 1 gr- 



Water l.J, oz. 



For a ijuarter plate. 

 For the slight magnification of insects and small 

 flowers extend the camera to the utmost limit, use 

 a small stop and focus by sliding the box up and 

 down. With a Boss Rapid Symmetrical of about 

 4 in. focus by extending camera 18 ins , about 1'. 

 diameters is obtained. By putting a round 

 spectacle lens of S in. focus on top of the photo lens, 

 about 3 diameters is obtained or more with a spec- 

 tacle lens of shorter focus. Sometimes an ordinary 

 low power micro-objective is screwed on by means of 

 an adapter to the camei-a (of course without the 

 pholo lens), higher maguification can be got, but 

 the field is small and there is very little depth of 

 focus ; this can, however, be increased by patting 

 a small Iris diaphragm (known as Davis's shutter) 

 immediately over the objective. For focussing a 



focussing glass is absolutely necessary, and a thin 

 I in. No. 1 circular cover glass, should be stuck on 

 the 2entre of the ground glass focussing screen 

 (ground side) with Canada balsam, by which means 

 a very accurate focus can be obtained with the 

 focussing glass. 



Mr. Lander then threw on the screen several 

 pictures of leaves, pieces of bark, flowers, etc. 

 Pages of books, which had been photographed by 

 the same i-nocess, were also shown, followed by 

 several beiutiful coloured slides. 



At the close the Chairman proposed a vote of 

 thanks to Mr. Lander for coming to the rescue in 

 the kind way he had and giving them such a 

 pleasant evening. He (the speaker) did not think 

 that Canterbury was the sleepy old place it was 

 often called. Looking at it from a Natural History 

 point of view, they had had some great nnturalii^ts 

 in Canterbury, gentlemen who had held very high 

 positions in the City and had done a lot of good 

 for their fellow townsmen. 



Mr. Henry Fielding seconded, and said he had 

 as a rule found that the people who grumbled and 

 said that Canterbury had nothing to inteiest them 

 had nothing in them to interest others. They were 

 people without any brains, who could not amuse 

 themselves and expected to find people in the town 

 who had nothing else t^ do but to sit about and 

 amuse them. He had the greatest c<:>ntempt for 

 such people, and he took every opportunity he 

 ould to show them so. They should also thank 

 the Chairman for presiding. 



The vote was carried unanimously, and Mr. 

 Lander returned thanks. 



EIGHTH WINTER MEETING, 



TUESDAY. JANUARY 29th, 1901. 



'(ILIMPSES OF BEAUTY IN THE STRUCTURE OF MARINE ORGANISMS. 

 LECTURE BY MR. SIBERT SAUNDERS. 



Tho annual meeting <»f the members was held 

 in the Reference Library of the Beaiiey Insti- 

 tute on Tufsiay evening, January 2i»th, lilOl. 

 The President (Mr. Stephen Horsley) occu- 

 pied the chair, and amongst the large audience, 

 which filled the room to overflowing, were (Captain 

 McOakin, Mr. Sibert Saunders, Mr. S. Harvey 

 i Viie-Chairman), the Deputy Mayor (Mr. W. H. 

 Xetherclift). Mr. W. P. Mann. Rev. W. M. Rod- 

 well, Mr. .T. F. Whichcord. Mies V. Mason, Miss 

 Holmes, Miss Phillpotts, Miss E. M. Harvey, Miss 

 N. Harvey, Miss Abbott. Miss Pidduck, Miss 

 L inghurst. Miss Harris, Miss Reakef=. Messrs. J. 

 Smith, J. McOlemens, L. Ward. W. Cozens. T. B. 

 R.jsseter, W. Surry, W. Goddea, Buckingham. 

 Fiddian, and others. 



The minutes of tho last annual meeting were 

 read and confirmed, and the three reports of the 

 Committee, Treasurer, and Librarian were read 

 and adopted. They were considered very satis- 

 factory, and showed that the Society was in a far 

 more fl 'urishing condition than it had been for 

 many years past, the total number of uiemhurs 

 being about one hundred. The financial statement 

 was also very satisfactory, and for the first time 

 durinira long number of years there was a balance 

 in hand on the light side, and after paying off all 

 liabilities, <£(i fis. was left to be carried forward. 

 The report of the Librarian showed tiiat the 

 library had been re-arranged by him and was rcafiy 

 for the use of members. This valuable library is 

 now available not only for members, but also for 



