il. Proceedings. 
printing of the lectures delivered in previous years had pressed 
rather heavily upon the funds of the Club. 
Mr. W. J. Nation read a paper on “Ivory,” which was 
followed by an interesting discussion, in which the President, 
Mr. A. C. Davies, Mr. H. M. Klaassen, and Mr. H. Turner 
took part. 
In addition to numerous specimens of carved ivory exhibited 
by Mr. Nation, Mr. Pitt, and Mr. Lambert, the following 
objects were exhibited: —The President, Japanese ivory 
figures ; Mr. J.S. Johnson, molar tooth of elephant; E. Lovett, 
fossil ivory, from Berkshire; vegetable ivory; J. H. Ley, 
flower case of palm, open and unopen ; T. M. Loftus, diatoms ; 
H. Long, vegetable ivory; K. McKean, sections of elephants’ 
teeth from Ceylon, spiculum: of helix aspersa; E. B. Sturge, 
fungi—vegetable ivory ; A. D. Taylor, a greenhouse pest; A. 
Warner, spicules of glass rope sponge; E. Williams, white 
blackbird; A. M. Davis, ivory boat, specimen of Japanese 
workmanship ; H. M. Klaassen, fresh water aquarium. 
Ordinary Meeting, April 17th, 1878. 
ALFRED CARPENTER, Esq., M.D., President, in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed, 
and Mr. M. D. Northey was elected a member of the Club. 
The PRESIDENT announced that Mr. R. B. Douglass had 
presented a spectroscope to the Club, and the thanks of the 
Club were accorded to Mr. Douglass for the gift. 
A paper was read by Mr. GEoRGE CorDEN on “‘ The Meteo- 
rology of Croydon,” * and the various matters treated ofin the 
paper became the subject of a prolonged and interesting dis- 
cussion between the President, Mr. Corden, Mr. H. M. 
Klaassen, Mr. A. C. Davies, Mr. P. Crowley, and Mr. H. 
Long. 
At its close a cordial vote of thanks was given to Mr. Corden 
for his valuable paper. 
The following objects of interest were exhibited :—Mr.W. F. 
Stanley, Six’s day and night thermometer for self-registration, 
Mason’s hygrometer for showing the humidity of the air, 
Lind’s anenometer or wind gauge for registering the pressure 
of the wind in pounds on the square inch ; two aneroid baro- 
meters for registering altitudes and depths; Mr. W. H. Beeby, 
sepal of geranium robertianum showing sphceraphides; Mr. 
* This paper has been printed separately, and has been circulated among 
the members of the Club. 
