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Mr. Martin—I beg to move the adoption of the report of the 
committee, and that it be printed and distributed to the members. 
It is merely a nominal duty, for it is a report of which all the 
members of the society must be proud. I notice, particularly, 
one fact with reference to the success of the Soirée, and that is, 
the sale of tickets realised £29, while in 1872, when the Soirée was 
quite a novelty, the amount was only £12. I think that shows 
there is a great increase of interest in the proceedings of the 
society out of doors. The motion, having been seconded by Mr. 
J. 5. Jounson, was carried unanimously. 
ELECTION OF PRESIDENT. 
Dr. Carpenter rose and said —I have very great pleasure 
in rising to propose the re-election of Mr. Lee, as President of 
this Society. (Cheers.) If there is one thing that I am quite 
certain of it is that if Mr. Lee had not been resident in Croy- 
don, the Microscopical Society would never have been the estab- 
lished fact it is. It is to him that we owe its great success. 
It is evident that it is very important that the prime mover of 
a society like this must, himself, be an authority, and must be 
well acquainted with those who are the great leaders of the par- 
ticular science which a society like this is supposed to promote ; 
and in electing Mr. Lee as our President, we gained the services 
of a gentleman who has been enabled, by his own personal 
energy, to influence others engaged in scientific pursuits. We 
have been able to secure his services, and with these services 
we have been enabled to command success. Without those 
services we should not have attained the high place which 
we now occupy, but probably would have dwindled down 
as other societies have done. Most certainly the society would 
not have reached the proud eminence which it has attained, for 
it now takes the foremost rank amongst those societies which 
are so well known near London. We may fairly say that we 
owe this to our President. I think, therefore, if he will consent 
to be our President during this, the fourth year of the existence 
of the Society, he will confer upon us a great honour and enable 
us to go on in the course we have now taken, and we shall be 
grateful to him for taking that office. (Cheers.) 
Mr. Penney seconded the motion, which was carried unani- 
mously. 
