Ixxviii. Proceedings. 



Ordinary Meeting, 2ist September, 1881. 

 Philip Crowley, F.Z.S., President, in the chair. 



The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. John Alexander, of St. Peter's Road ; Mr. James Curtis,, 

 of Canning Road ; Dr. J. M. Hobson, of Addiscombe, were 

 ballotted for and duly elected members of the club. 



The President announced the receipt of the following 

 works since the last meeting : — Journal, Royal Microscopical 

 Society, parts 3 and 4 ; Journal, Quekett Microscopical Society,. 

 No. 47, July 1881 ; East Kent Natural History Society, 23rd 

 Report ; Lewisham and Blackheath Scientific Association, 2nd 

 Annual Report ; Guide to the Natural History Clubs of Lon- 

 don, presented by Henry Walker ; South London Microsco- 

 pical and Natural History Clubs, loth Annual Report; 

 Societe Belg. de Microscopie, proces verbal ; Societe Mala- 

 cologique de Belgique, proces verbal ; Eastbourne Natural 

 History Society, 13th Annual Report ; " Science Gossip " for 

 June, July, August and September ; Lambeth Field Club, 

 Report; Lewisham Scientific Association, report on Sub- 

 sidence ; two parts ot Zoologist, containing Mr. Lovett's 

 articles on Crustacea. ' 



The President alluded to the death, since the last meeting, 

 of Professor Rolleston, one of our hon. members. 



He announced that the annual soiree would be held on the 

 23rd November. 



The President drew attention to the proposition in com- 

 mittee, before the publication of the last number of the report, 

 that, in consequence of the great cost of printing in full the 

 papers read before the club up to December 1880, no papers 

 should be printed in future except those relating to local 

 subjects, or embodying original observations. It was desired 

 that the opinion of the club should be taken as early as 

 possible as to whether that principle should be followed, and 

 he now submitted it for their consideration. 



Dr. Carpenter thought it was a very proper resolution ; 

 but, although in his opinion it was a matter in which it was 

 perfectly competent for the committee to act and carry out 

 themselves, without reference to the club, there being no rule 

 barring such a course, yet he considered it the preferable 

 course to give notice of motion for the adoption of the change. 

 The club had now reached a standing which should not require 

 the publication of any papers, except those specified in the 

 proposition of the committee. 



Notice of motion was accordingly given for next meeting. 

 The President announced that a Croydon centre of the 

 London Society for University teaching had been started ia 



