CONTENTS. 



1 



PBOCEEDINGS. page 



20tli Annual Meeting cix 



President's Address ex 



New Members elected cxviii 



Library and Collection cxix 



Exhibits cxix 



Treasurer's Balance Sheet cxxii 



Catalogue of Microscopical Preparations, 1890 cxxiii 



List of Members cxxxiv 



TEANSACTIONS. 



Some Hints on the Preparation of delicate Organisms for the 



Microscope. By Edward Lovett 203 



Microbic Life in Sewer Air. By Alfred Cabpbnter, M.D., J. P. 201 



Short Abstract of a Paper on " Ancient and Modern Science." 



By Robert Brodie, M.A 215 



Some Coal-tar Products. By James W. Helps 21G 



Report of the Meteorological Sub-Committee for 18B9 22B 



(itroji^oii prostO})iral anJ» i^aturjil J)istorg €kls. 



OFFICERS FOR 1890. 

 President. — Edward Lovett. 



Vice-Presidents. — John Berney, F.R.M.S. ; Alfred Carpenter, 

 M.D., J.P., &c. ; PhiiSp Crowley, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. ; Henry S. 

 Eaton, M.A., F.E.Met. boc. ; Henry T. Mennell, F.L.S, ; Henry G. 

 Thompson, M.D. 



Treasurer. — Kunneth MoKean, F.L.S. 



Committee. — I'r. A. B. Carpenter, F.E.M.S., &c. ; Thos. Gushing, 

 F.R.A.S. ; James Epps, jun., F.L.S.; C. H. Goodman ; J. W. Helps; 

 W. Murton Holmes; Chas. F. Oakley; W. Low Saimkant; Ernest 

 Straker. 



Hon. Secretary. — Francis C. Bayard, LL.M., i' .R. Met. Soc, 

 Manor Road, Waliington, Surrey, to whom all communications may 

 be adchessed. 



