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Having re-assembled in the reading-room, the party proceeded 
with Mr. Lee to Mellison’s Restaurant in West-street, where a 
cold luncheon was served. Dr. Carpenter, on behalf of the Club, 
having cordially thanked the President for his kind invitation and 
for the instruction he had so pleasantly imparted, the company 
separated, and did not return to Croydon till late in the evening, 
having passed a most enjoyable day, towards which the magnificent 
weather contributed in no small degree. 
October 21st, 1874.—Henry Let, Esq., President, in the chair. The 
minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed, after 
which the following gentlemen were ballotted for and duly elected 
members, viz. :—Thomas Henry Barnes, M.D.; Herbert J. Lott, 
M.B.; Charles H. Lister; David Mackenzie; Edwin Roper ; 
Walter Rosser, M.D. ; and James Russell, M.B. 
The following were nominated for election:—Alfred Eastty ; 
Walter Paton Hindley; Frederick Hirtzel; Joseph Toms; and 
Captain John Davis Wake. 
The Presipent stated that he had received a letter from Mrs. 
Austen in reply to the letter of condolence which was addressed to 
that lady, who expressed her gratitude for the kind sympathy 
evinced towards her. 
Mr. Lex said, with regard to Mr. H. Long’s prize of books (value 
£2) for the best dozen slides prepared and mounted by any member 
of the Club, competitors would be required to send in their slides 
to his (Mr. Lee's) house before Ist January, 1875. Two members 
of the Council of the Royal Microscopical Society would act as 
judges, and the winner would be named at the annual meeting. 
A letter was read from Dr. Anderson, expressing his great regret 
that severe indisposition precluded the possibility of his reading 
the promised paper that evening. 
The Presipent expressed a wish to see the string of shells 
which were exhibited at the previous meeting, and on their being 
shown to him remarked that, as he had suspected, they were true 
Gorgonias—not shells, the supposed ‘‘shells’’ being groups of 
spicules, and the “string,” the horny axis of the organism. The 
meeting then became eonversational, and several members gave 
their experience as to the best method of mounting various objects. 
The following members exhibited their microscopes :—The 
President, and Messrs. J. Gregory, J. S. Johnson, H. M. Klaassen, 
E. Lovett, K. McKean, G. Perry, J. G. Price, H. J. Strong, and 
A. D.- Taylor. 
