cxxxviii. Proceedings. 



Essays on the Microscope, by the late George Adams, 1798, 

 presented by Mr. Bonella. 



The President then called upon Mr. George Payne, 

 F.S.A., to deliver his lecture upon " Romano-British Inter- 

 ments, including discoveries in glass, bronze, and pottery." 

 (Trans. Art. 37.J 



Upon the conclusion of the lecture a discussion took place, 

 the speakers being Mr. Tyler, Mr. Skertchley (Geological 

 Survey), Mr. Henry Turner, and Mr. C. C. Morland. 



Mr. Payne having replied to and commented upon the 

 remarks of these gentlemen, the President proposed a vote 

 of thanks to him, which was carried with acclamation. 



The following objects were exhibited : — Mr. Payne, a fine 

 series of glass, pottery, and ornaments, including gold and jet 

 armillae, a finger ring, &c., and also Saxon glass tumblers ; 

 Rev. George Bailey, photographs of, and specimens of ware 

 from a barrow, opened in Yorkshire ; W. Low Sargeant (under 

 his microscope), stephanoceros (alive) ; H. Turner, hydra 

 viridis (alive) ; Edward Lovett, case of 72 microscopic pre- 

 parations of the smaller forms of marine life, mounted for the 

 International Fisheries Exhibition. 



Ordinary Meeting, May gth, 1883. 

 John Berney, Esq., F.R.M.S., President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed. 



The President announced that on Whit Monday, May 14th, 

 the Club would make an excursion to Worth and Tilgate 

 Forests, under the guidance of Mr. Topley. 



The following donations were announced : — The Journal of 

 the Royal Society ; " Science Gossip " for May ; Movements 

 of Diatoms, by Jabez Hogg, presented by Mr. Sandeman ; 

 "Notes and Observations on the British Stalk-eyed Crustacea,'' 

 presented by Mr. Lovett. 



The President then called upon Mr. H. M. Klaassen, 

 who read a paper entitled " The Park Hill Section on the 

 Woodside and South Croydon Railway." 



A discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Eaton, Mennell, 

 and Lovett took part. 



Mr. Klaassen replied, and a vote of thanks was passed to 

 him, the President remarking that Mr. Klaassen's paper was 

 quite distinct from the report which would be presented by the 

 Geological Sub-Committee. 



The following objects were exhibited : — Mr. K. McKean, 

 eggs of perch (showing young about to emerge, under micro- 

 scope) ; Mr. Edward Lovett, young of long-horned porcelain 



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