Proceedings. cxlv. 



7th January, and that assistance from Members of the Croydon 

 Club upon that occasion would be welcome. 



A letter from the Secy, of the Young Men's Christian 

 Assoc, 49, North End, was read asking for the assistance of 

 the Members of the Club upon the occasion of their Soiree, on 

 Tuesday, the i8th December. 



The following donations were announced : " Science Gossip " 

 for December ; Transactions of the Eastbourne Nat. Hist. 

 See, January 1883 and May 1883 ; Smithsonian Report for 

 1881. On " Najas marina (L) as a British Plant," by 

 Arthur Bennett ; from the Author ; "Chronicles of Croydon," 

 by J. Corbet Anderson ; presented by Mr. Waterall. 



The Meeting passed a vote of thanks to Mr. Waterall for 

 his present. 



Mr. Low Sarjeant then read a paper, entitled " The 

 Photography of Microscopic Objects, and Lantern Trans- 

 parencies." Mr. Low Sarjeant practically illustrated his 

 paper by taking Photographs of Microscopic Objects which 

 were afterwards shown by means of a magic lantern upon a 

 screen. 



A short discussion followed the reading of the paper, in 

 which Dr. Strong, Mr. W. F. Stanley, Mr. Brewer, 

 Dr. Thompson, and Mr. McKean took part. The Meeting 

 passed a vote of thanks to Mr. Sarjeant for his interesting 

 paper. 



The following objects were exhibited : — 



Mr. J. E. Syms (under microscope) Transverse Section of 

 Rubus fruticosiis, stained in two colours ; Mr. McKean (under 

 microscope) Shell of Helix aspersa, showing crystals ; speci- 

 mens of Anodonta Cygiiea, from various localities ; a species of 

 SplicErium, from the Wey and Arun Canal, Cranley ; Mr. Ed. 

 Lovett, large series of Anodonta Cygnea, from the River 

 Wandle, at Mitcham; (under microscope) a Sandhopper — 

 Leucothoe articulosa ; Mr. Low-Sargeant, Apparatus for Alicro- 

 Photography, in illustration of his paper ; Rev. G. B. Bailey 

 (under microscope), section of Silicified coniferous wood, found 

 with flint, from the chalk, at Lewisham ; also^^^rt.v Y psilophora, 

 parasite on Anodonta ; Mr. Sturge (under microscope), peat 

 Moss litter, showing the structure of the Moss fronds in a 

 dried condition. 



i\th Annual Meeting, gth January, 1884. 



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



Before commencing the business, the President explained 

 that in consequence of an oversight at the last meeting of the 



