curato focussing, and one -wanted the best defining- 

 powtT that could be fui-nished. None of thuir 

 uieinburs would think anything of tjiviug five or 

 six guineas for a single powtT, the price that would 

 now buy a microscope all complete, and there was 

 gi'eat rivali'y in the Society as to who could show 

 those markiuga better than others. To this day 

 there was a great difference of opinion as to what 

 those markings were. One of the popular theories 

 was that the markings were not markings at all, but 

 perfoi-atious resembling that of a postage stamp. 

 He did not think, howevfr. that a member could 

 do liotter tlian take up the study of Diatoms, and 

 it would also enable those wlio used the lantern, 

 to add to their collection of slides some of the 

 moat beautiful objects in the world. Certainly 

 the time would not be badly .spent. Mr. Harvey 

 alluded to the great use of the microscope in the 

 study of bacteria or bacilli, and went on to express 

 the opinion that the skilled pencilled drawing 

 made from the microscope was preferable to tlie 

 ph(itr>i4raph taken imder tlie microscope. In this 

 i-unm-rliou lie referred to one of the most beautiful 

 draughtsmen in the country — the late Mr. James 

 Fidlagar, of Canterbui-y — whose drawings imder 

 the microscope of objects of study had never, he said, 

 been sui'passed and perhaps seldom equalled. Mr. 

 Harvey showed, however, tliat in certain instances 

 the most excellent results were to be obtained 

 from photographs taken under the microscope, 

 iind among these he mentioned that a mi.xture 

 of wheat and maize floiu- could thixs easily 

 be detected, just as a photogi-aph rendered 

 visible thoiisands and thousands of stars which 

 would not otherwise be visible. So tliat the 

 camera in that connection, he said, must not he 

 put altogether on one side. In his closing re- 

 marks, Mr. Harvey said he would like to go back 

 and refer to som*^ of those who were ornaments of 

 the Society many years ago when lie came to Can- 

 terbury. They had then a clergyman living at 

 Boughton — a partial invalid^who was rising to 

 fame as a mieroscopist, the Kev. Dr. Dallinger, 

 who was hale and hearty to-day. That was in one 

 direction. Abnost diametrically opposite, they 

 had at Bishopsboiurne, some time later, the vener- 

 able clergyman, the Kcv. J. B. R< ade. He supposed 

 no man had done so much for th*.* development of 

 the microscope as Mr. Keade ilid. Mr. Reade was 

 a most enthusiastic member of that Society ; there 

 wjis not a meeting at which he did not turn up. 

 and not only that, but his microscopes tiu-ned up 

 too, and he often brought a dozen splendid instru- 

 ments. He was a most versatile man ; he was 

 always showing them something new, and it was 

 a great treat to have his society, until death took 

 him from them. Then they had as their honorary 

 secrcta y, the late George Gulliver, who was also 

 a great mieroscopist. He was the life and soul of 

 their Society, until laid aside by sickness. Mr. 

 Harvey also referred to Mr. Saunders, Mr. 

 Eossiter, and others. He thought that the Society 

 might well be proud of having had such men 

 within their ranks. He hoped that in the future* 

 those meetings would be more largely attended 

 by the members, and he could assiu*e them that if 

 what he had said tlrnt evening would have the 

 tfifect of encouraging thorn not to neglect the 



microscope in the f utui'e, he would have his reward 

 (applause). 



Captain McDakiu, in proposing a vote of thanks 

 to Mr. Harvey, alluded to the fact of the 

 Kodak camera being mentioned by Mr. Harvey, 

 and observed that there were a number of other 

 varieties of what were known as snap-shot 

 eamei-as. AVith regard, he said, to the microscope 

 not being u.sed at their meetings to the extent 

 that it was some years ago, he might say that tho 

 subject had been mentioned at their meetings at 

 Dover from time to time. It oeeiu-redto him that 

 tlie difficulty was that they tould not show bodies 

 imder the microscope to many people during an 

 evening, becausi' if one person occupied it a minute 

 it would take sixty people exactly one hour to look 

 through one microscope. AVith all people having 

 their own micro-scopes this ditlicidty could be, of 

 coiu'se, got over. Captain McD.ikin mentioned 

 that twenty years ago at their meetings they 

 sometimes had forty microscopic exhibitions at 

 the same time, l>ut even then it was ditficiUt to 

 prevent congestion. He thought that their Presi- 

 dent had pLiced his subject before them in a 

 manner, not only of great scientific acciu-acy, but 

 also with a very great deal of feeling in regard to 

 the older members of the Society (applause). 



Mr. W. H. Hammond seconded tlie vote of 

 thanks, and remarked that he was never tired of 

 hearing their President when he went 

 back and told tliem how much better 

 they did things then than they did now 

 (laughter). Mr. Hammond went on to say that 

 lie did not think it was only the Kodak which 

 liad ousted the microscope, but he thought that 

 the lantern had a great deal to do with that. 

 They used to bring their microscope with a great 

 deal of trouble to the meetings and sometimes 

 they acted contrarily and would not do what was 

 required of tliem( laughter). Xow they took a photo- 

 graph of the object which they wanted to show 

 them, and instead of bringing the microscope they 

 l>rought a little piece of glass in the shape ©f a 

 lantern slide :ind they threw the object on a 

 screen. Mr. Hammond remarked in his further 

 utterances that he did not agree with the Presi- 

 dent that lantern slides made from photographs 

 uf ol)jeets did not quite show what they wanted, 

 and that a diawing was better, because he found 

 that a tU-aughtsman very often allowed his fancy 

 to carry him away, and instead of putting on 

 paper what he really saw, he very often tried to 

 make a handsome picture of it (langhter). 



Mr. Lander made a few supplementary remark;^, 

 in which he alluded to a gathering he attended 

 during this year in connection with the Selbourue 

 Society. He said that there were over one hundred 

 microscopes arranged round tho room, with nearly 

 every conceivable object under them. He ox- 

 pressed the opinion that although tho camera 

 could do a good dejil, he was afraid that it gave a 

 poor idea of the colour, antl especially tho move- 

 ments of insects and other objects there exhibited. 



Tho President, in returning thanks, remarked 

 that ho simply mentioned the word Kodak as a 

 representation of all other cameras, and he wa-^ 

 quite aware that there wei-e many cameras used 

 for the same purpose as the Kodak. He remarked 



