PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION. 



RKPORT 



In presenting their second Report, the Committee desire 

 to acknowledge the valuable services rendered to the Section by 

 Mr. Geo. Frater, and to express their regret that his removal 

 from Chester caused his resignation of the Honorary Secretary- 

 ship, in which office he contributed much to any measure of 

 success which may have attended the formation of a Section 

 devoted to Photography- 



The Committee feel that there is room for increased 

 interest in the work of the Section, and would be pleased to 

 see the Meetings (especially when technical subjects are treated 

 of) more numerously attended, the Dark Room more frequently 

 used, and the Members availing themselves of the photographic 

 journals and books placed in the library — determination to 

 excel on the part of individual Members being the only 

 guarantee of real progress in the Section. 



It is hoped that the Meetings of the Photographic 

 Convention, to be held in Chester during the last week of 

 June, may be the means of interesting large numbers in 

 Photography and lead to an increased membership, by inducing 

 many to take up a pursuit which, if loyally followed, cultivates 

 the artistic and scientific perceptions of those who engage in it. 

 There are many ways in which the Photographic Section may 

 be a help to the Society of which it forms a part, and, through 

 that Society, add its mite to the sum of human knowledge, — 

 notably by obtaining negatives of Geological Formations, 

 abnormal conditions in the Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms, 

 and recording facts in Microscopical Research. All these are 

 possibilities to the devoted photographer, in addition to the 

 pleasure which may be given to thousands by reproducing the 

 beauty and grandeur of natural scenery. 



