ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 
18'75- 
February 17th, 1875.—This meeting was held in the Large Hall, Henry 
Lee, Esq., in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read 
and confirmed. The following gentlemen were ballotted for and 
duly elected members:—Captain Colin Mackenzie, Mr. J. Lacy 
Morley, M.R.C.S., and Mr. John G. Turney; and the following were 
proposed for membership, viz. :—Mr. F. 8. Morgan, F.R.C.S., Mr. 
Geo. Anson Whealler, Mr. Edward R. Moules, Mr. William Smith, 
and the Rev. W. Wilks. 
Professor Morris then delivered a lecture on ‘‘ Tae GroLocy or 
CroyDon AND THE NeIGHBOURHOOD,” and illustrated it with numerous 
diagrams and maps. At the conclusion of the lecture a hearty vote 
of thanks was passed to him. The admission to the meeting was by 
ticket only, each member being provided with tickets for himself and 
six friends. Number present—members 89, visitors 621; total 710. 
The Club is much indebted to Professor Morris for his kindness 
in allowing the lecture to be printed, and for the trouble he has 
taken in revising and annotating it. A geological map of the neigh- 
bourhood of Croydon was added to the pamphlet, a copy of which is 
in the possession of each member. 
March 17th, 1875.—Henry Lee, Esq., President, in the chair. The 
minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The 
following gentlemen were ballotted for and duly elected members : 
Mr. F. 8. Moyer, Mr. G. Anson Whealler, Mr. Edward R. Moules, 
Mr. William Smith, and the Rev. W. Wilks; and the following were 
proposed for membership :—Messrs. H. H. Dean, C. H. Downes, 
Mark Fothergilt, Litchfield C. Moseley, Herbert Shattock, and 
Thomas Yuille Wardrop. 
The Present said he had much pleasure in proposing for 
| election, as an honorary member, R. Beverley Cole, Esq., M.D., 
: &c., of San Francisco. 
| The nomination was seconded by Dr. Carpenter. 
T. Cuarters Wuire, Esq., read the following paper on ‘‘ THE 
Aquarium as A Fretp ror MicroscopicaL Reszaron”’:—It is now 
25 years since the Aquarium, as it exists in its present form, elabo- 
rated by the observations of Dalyell, Warrington, Gosse, &c., 
became un fait accompli; and although it has been largely employed 
