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The Presipent, before asking anyone to move the adoption 
of the report, intimated that the Committee would be very glad to 
hear any suggestions or remarks from the Members. He might 
tell them that there was an increase of £10 in the balance, and 
he could not help congratulating the Club upon the increase 
in its numbers, as five Members had joined that evening, and 
eight more were proposed for membership. A great many joined 
_ because they wished for information on subjects with which 
other Members of the Club were acquainted, and for his own 
part he was always a learner, and as ready to impart any 
information in his power. It had struck the Committee that they 
might do good service to the junior Members, and perhaps to some 
of the older ones, if they invited Mr. Suffolk, or some other gentle- 
man of similar experience to give them instruction in the use of the 
microscope, and also in mounting objects. He thought they might 
supplement this instruction by having extra meetings of the 
Club, at which the Members might ask for information on various 
points. They would have to pay a gentleman for his professional 
. services, but he thought their subscriptions would permit them to 
pay him out of their funds, and the Club would be greatly benefitted 
___ by such an arrangement. With regard to the library, he must tell - 
them candidly that it had not been used to such an extent as he 
would have liked ; indeed some of the books had not been inquired 
for at all. The Committee would like to buy more books, but they 
did not feel justified in spending money for books which were not 
used. He did not.think, because they had a balance, that they 
-were bound to spend it, but that they ought rather to look forward 
to the future. He hoped the time would come when they would 
meet in connection with the museum, which would be open till 
‘ten at night for the benefit of the working classes. If any Mem- 
bers of the Club would assist in explaining various objects of. 
natural history to the working men, he was sure it would be their 
delight to do so ; indeed, he thought that some arrangement might 
be made by which the Club might have the use of the museum-room 
for their meetings, and in return give their services as amateur 
curators. In such a case, it would be desirable to have funds in 
hand. (Hear, hear.) 
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