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Six sets of slides were sent by the Section to the National 

 Lantern Slide Competition, open to all Photographic Societies, 

 and the judges placed this Society third on the list. 



Your Committee regret that more interest was not taken 

 in the survey, and trust that more active interest will be shown 

 in the work during the ensuing year. 



Your Committee also regret that the members, generally, 

 have not availed themselves of the competitions to a greater 

 extent, and have re-arranged the classes, trusting that the 

 members will take a greater interest in the competitions during 

 the coming year. 



Your Committee note with satisfaction that the member- 

 ship of the Section has considerably increased, several ladies 

 and gentlemen having joined during the past year. 



G. FOXALL, 



Hon. Secretary, Photugraphic Section. 



MICROSCOPICAL SECTION- 



REPORT. 



In presenting their annual report the Committee of the 

 Section regret having so little to notice as regards progress. 

 Although five meetings were arranged, owing to the fcociety's 

 Soiree and other unforeseen causes, it was only found possibles 

 to hold one of them : 



This was on November 23rd, the subject, Uni-cellular Plants: 

 their Structure and Development, by Mr. D. E. Caush. 



Commencing with the simpler forms, Mr. Caush proceeded 

 to describe the various cells of yeast, volvos, &c., carefully 

 showing the various methods of propagation, viz. — budding, 

 cell-division, and bursting ; also mentioning the different changes 

 yeast cells are said to undergo when placed on porous stone. 

 Then advancing a stage higher, gave a brief account of the com- 

 pound cells of the desmids, illustrating his remarks throughout 

 by diagrams on the blackboard, and afterwards showing the 

 objects themselves under the microscope. 



The Section also took part in the Society's Soiree, furnish- 

 ing eighteen microscopes and many objects of interest. 



