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'flic Microxroiiircd SiihCdvniiiltcr. — Altlioiigli the Club w.as 

 fouuded mainly, as its original name implied, for the pm'suit of Mi- 

 croscopy, this has for several years fallen somewhat into abeyance. 

 It is true that at our Annual Soiree, the display of microscopes 

 forms one of the most prominent features of the evening. But 

 it was thought by some of our members that the Annual Soiree, 

 thoroughly successful as it is as a popular evening, and leaving 

 little to be desired in point of the attendance of members and 

 their friends, did not afford sufficient leisure and opportunity for 

 the critical study of the instruments and objects under examina- 

 tion ; and that many of the exhibitors did not pay sufficient 

 attention to the manipulation of their microscopes for instructional 

 purposes. It was also found that at the Monthly Meetings, when 

 papers are read, with the exception of two or three members, few 

 persons brought their microscopes with them, the limited time 

 available on those evenings not affording enough inducement to 

 do so. Although this had been to some extent met by the 

 admirable demonstrations given by our Honorary Secretary, ]\Ir. 

 Low Sarjeant, at the Conversational Meetings, the accommodation 

 was limited, as I can personally testify, which rendered it possible 

 for only a very few persons to take advantage of the instruction 

 afforded. The Committee therefore felt that it would be reverting 

 to the primary object of the Club, and be of great advantage and 

 interest, to devote one of the Monthly Meetings in the course of 

 the year to the exhibition and study of microscopical apparatus. 

 Action in the matter was taken at the Committee Meeting on the 

 9th of March, when a motion by Mr. AV. M. Gibson on the sub- 

 ject was discussed, and it was resolved that such a meeting should 

 be "arranged to be held in the Small Public Hall for the purpose 

 of stimulating interest in the study of the microscope and its 

 appliances, and affording members a more convenient opportunity 

 of exhibiting microscopic objects of intei^est than can at present be 

 afforded at the Annual Soiree." The following members were 

 then appointed as a Sub Committee to carry out the necessary 

 arrangements : — Messrs. J. Berney, T. Cushing, H. Greeuway, 

 W. M. Gibson (Hon. Sec), W. Low Sarjeant, E. Lovett, T. 

 Loftus, K. McKean, and E. B. Sturge. 



The Sub-Committee regrets that it so happened that the evening, 

 11th of May, on which this meeting was held was the same as 

 that on which the Croydon Football Club gave an attractive 

 entertainment in the Large Public Hall, and that many members 

 were in consequence unable to attend the meeting. Those 

 present, however, had every reason to be satisfied with the 

 exhibition, which completely fulfilled their expectation of a 

 pleasant and instructive evening. The fifteen exhibitors, and 

 the objects shown, were : — J. H. Baldock, Pollens and starches. 

 1\ C. Bayard, Portable microscope and lens for field-work. Pl. J. 



