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gauge for use at sea, air meter with arrangement for keeping 

 it turned towards the wind, Mr. E. Mawley ; geological and 

 physiological transparencies for the lantern, Messrs. How & Co. 



Works of Art, S'C. — Collection of antique watches and 

 jewellery, Mr. Rymer ; Japanese and other oriental carvings, 

 &c., Mr. Foss ; quaint Chinese figures carved out of the root 

 of the tea plant, Mr. B. H. Ridge ; oil paintings, by Mi. J. W. 

 Drage, Mr. Fulcroft Fletcher, and Mr. H. D. Turner ; water 

 colour drawings, by Mr. A. W. Rich and Mr. J. Chumley. 



The music was under the direction of Mr. Laughlin ; the 

 refreshments of Mr. Pusey. 



The following are the Clubs, &c., contributing microscopes, 

 viz. : — Croydon, 40; Royal, 6 ; Queckett, 21 ; South London, 

 13 ; Greenwich, 9 ; New Cross, 6 ; Tower Hill, 6 ; Sydenham 

 and Forest Hill, 5 ; Hackney, 2: Walthamstow, i ; Entomo- 

 logical Society, i ; Eastbourne, i ; Holmesdale, i ; Lewisham 

 (other exhibits) ; Blackheath (other exhibits) ; Opticians, 10 ; 

 Unattached, 8. Total, 130. 



Ordinary Meeting, i-^th December, 1882. 

 Philip Crowley, Esq., F.Z.S., in the Chair. 



The minutes of the meeting held on the 8th November, and 

 of the Soiree held on the 22nd November, were read and 

 signed. 



The following gentlemen were unanimously elected members 

 of the Club : — A. A. Campbell, Harry Fuller, Fred. Foss. 



The President announced that the Soiree of the Lambeth 

 Field Club and Scientific Society would be held in the St. 

 Philip's Schools, Kennington Road, on Monday, the ist 

 January, 1883, and that that Society would be glad to receive 

 the assistance of members of the Croydon Club as exhibitors. 



The President stated that it was necessary at this meeting 

 to appoint two members of the Club to audit the accounts for 

 the past year, and Mr. McKean proposed Mr. A. W. Rich and 

 Mr. Edwin Williams. This proposal having been seconded by 

 Mr. John Berney was carried unanimously. 



The President reminded the members that the 13th Annual 

 Meeting of the Club would be held on Wednesday, the loth 

 January, and that it was necessary that the names of gentle- 

 men nominated to serve as officers of the Club for the ensuing 

 year should be sent in to the Secretary seven clear days before 

 the loth of January. 



The President gave notice that the following proposed 

 resolution would be submitted to the Club at the Annual 

 Meeting, viz. : — 



