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Opricians.—Mr. C. Baker, six microscopes; Mr. John W. 
Bailey, three ditto ; Mr. Crouch, ten ditto ; Mr. Moginie, two ditto ; 
Mr. E. Richards, two ditto; Mr. Stanley, seven ditto; Mr. James 
Swift, four ditto, with a new high and low achromatic: condenser ; 
and Mr. Edmund Wheeler, three ditto. ; 
Altogether 172 microscopes were exhibited. In the Large 
Hall, there were shown, in addition to the microscopes, a case 
of exquisitely prepared British starfishes by the President; a case 
of skeleton leaves comprising 86 different plants and 20 varieties of 
ferns, lent by Mrs. Austen ; a collection of moths, butterflies, dragon 
flies, and beetles, from the neighbourhood of Croydon, by Dr. 
Carpeuter ; an instrument called the ‘‘ Crystal Designer,” by Mr. 
W. J. Glover; several cases of medals, by Mr. G. Manners; an | 
ingenious model of a section of the Brighton Aquarium, containing 
fish, water-beetles, worms, &., in full life, by Mr. A. D. Taylor. 
In the smaller Hall there were shown :—Cast shells of cray-fish 
and lobsters from living specimens in the Brighton Aquarium, by 
the President ; several trays containing fungi and lichens from the 
Addington Hills, collected by the Misses Sturge; 25 volumes of 
Gould’s ‘‘ Humming Birds,” also many cases of eggs of British 
birds, by Mr. A. Crowley ; a model hydraulic machine, exhibited 
and worked by Mr. Cushing; Japanese curiosities by Captain 
Wake ; a collection of North American Indian dresses and weapons 
by Captain Mackenzie, &c., &e. 
In the Old School of Art, Mr. George Manners kindly exhibited 
a series of dissolving views, which were much appreciated. 
Amongst those who accepted the invitation of the President to 
attend were the Syrian Patriarch of Antioch and the Bishop of 
Jerusalem and suite ; the Solicitor-General, M.P. for Preston, and 
Mrs. Holker ; the Mayor of Brighton ; the President of the Brighton 
Natural History Society ; the President of the Sussex and Surrey 
Branch of the British Medical Association ; the Chairman of the 
Brighton Aquarium Company; the Secretaries of the Royal 
Microscopical, Quekett, South London, and Margate Microscopical 
Societies ; the President of the Croydon Chamber of Agriculture ; 
and Mr. Frank Buckland. Number present, 625, of whom 186 
paid for admission. 
December 16th, 1874.—Henry Lez, 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 :—Messrs. 
Robert A. James, Frederick Miller, 8. G. Marks, and C. Jarrett ; 
and the following were nominated for membership :—Messrs. W. 
W. Baynes, D. L., J.P., A. Allen, Chas. Waite, Edward Moore, 
Howard W. Bishop, 8. Hollis Anthony, W. G. Stoneman, and 
Nat. Bogle-French, jun. 
