ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 
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February 18th, 1874.— Henry Len, Esq., President, in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The 
following gentlemen were ballotted for and duly elected members, 
namely :—Mr. .C, Jecks, 26, Langham-place, Northampton ; Mr. 
Charles Waters, George-street, Croydon; Mr. C. J. Jolland, St. 
Peter’s-road, Croydon; Mr. Edward Lovett, Holly Mount, Upper 
Addiscombe-road ; Mr. John Oldfield, 16, Tamworth-road, Croy- 
don; Mr. Frederic Fletcher, Kastmore House, Howard-road, South 
Norwood; Mr. John Gregory, Dark-hill-lane ; Mr. Charles Millard, 
Brandies-hill House, Beddington. The undermentioned gentlemen 
were nominated for membership at the next meeting :—-Dr. Alfred 
Cresswell, of South Norwood; Reuben F. Roby, Shirley House, 
Selhurst-road; Mr. Francis Peake, 14, The Waldrons, Croydon ; ~ 
Mr. Robert Hingston, Park Hill-road; and Mr. Charles Manners, 
Lansdowne-road, Croydon. 
With reference to the proposed lectures by Mr. Suffolk, the 
President explained that he had seen that gentleman and had some 
correspondence with him. He read a letter from him, enclosing 
a list of his lectures as delivered before the South London Micro- 
tcopical Club, and stating the terms upon which he would be 
willing to deliver them at Croydon. The President then stated 
that the Committee thought they might have a course of six 
lectures, and that a subscription of five shillings from each of the 
members who would like to attend them would not be too much. 
He asked those who were desirous of availing themselves of these 
lectures to give in their names to the Hon. Secretary. 4 
The Prestpent then proceeded to deliver some remarks ‘“ On 
some of the Developments that have taken place in the Brighton 
Aquarium.” Mr. Lee said—When I last had the pleasure of com- 
municating to the Croydon Microscopical Club the result of some 
(observations on the Brighton Aquarium, I described the process 
never previously witnessed by human eyes, so far as is known) by 
which the oviparous dog-fishes attach their eggs to projecting sub- 
stances at the sea bottom. This problem solved, two questions 
remained to be answered ; first, were the eggs laid by the mother 
in captivity impregnated ? Secondly, if so, how long a time would 
pass before they were hatched? ‘The first pair of eggs of last 
