REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 
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The Szconp Annuat Meerine of the Croydon Microscopical 
Club was held at the Public Hall, on Wednesday, 17th January , 
1872, Henry Lee, Esq., President, in the chair. The minutes of 
the last meeting having been read and confirmed, Mr. A. R. 
Jacobs and Mr. Robert Hingston were balloted for, and duly 
elected members, and the following gentlemen were nominated for 
election at the next meeting:—Mr. C. Penley, Mr. H. W 
Petherick, Mr. Edwin Fogg, and Mr. R. J. Dickens. 
The PresipENT announced that the Club was honoured b 
the presence of Mr. John Keast Lord, the distinguished traveiler 
and naturalist. 
The Hon. Secrerary then read the following report :— 
In presenting their Second Annual Report, the Committee are glad to 
be able again to congratulate the Members on its continued prosperity and 
increasing success. The number of Members is now 120. During the past 
year one Member has been removed by death, and ten have resigned on 
quitting this neighbourhood. Sixteen new Members have been elected, 
leaving an increase in the present number of five over that of last January. 
The Monthly Meetings continue to be well attended. Able and 
interesting Papers have been read, several of which have been contributed by 
Members of the Club. The advantage of having the Papers read well 
illustrated by microscopic objects becomes more and more apparent, and a 
good display of miscroscopes and objects before and after the lecture is also 
_ appreciated as an agreeable portion of the proceedings of each evening. As 
an additional incentive to Members possessing microscopes to bring them to 
the Meetings for the general benefit, and in order to prevent their being 
unnecessarily inconvenienced by doing so, the Committee have authorized 
the purchase of additional lamps, and have provided for their being always 
trimmed and ready for use. 
A few excursions were arranged during the recess, and were greatly 
enjoyed by those who availed themselves of them, but it is felt that this 
branch of the Club’s operations is capable of considerable development, and 
that the appointment of an Excursion Committee is desirable for this 
purpose. 
The Committee refer with pleasure to the great success that attended 
the Soirée held at the Public Hall on the 8th November last. The number 
of tickets sold considerably exceeded that of the previous year, thus proving 
the growing popularity of the Club in Croydon. 
At the Annual Meeting last year the President kindly announced his 
intention to give a ‘‘mounting cabinet,” of the value of £5, as a prize to 
any Member of the Club—an amateur—who, at a given date before the next 
