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PHOTOGRAPHIC SFXTION. 



REPORT. 



In presenting their third Annual Report, your Committee 

 ask for increased interest in the work of the Section, especially 

 in the contribution of papers and demonstrations by those 

 whose experience would be of great value to many of their 

 fellow-members who may be just beginning the art of photo- 

 graphy, and struggling with the many difficulties which beset 

 the path of the novice. 



Your Committee venture to hope that the Meetings and 

 Excursions of the Photographic Convention, which was held in 

 Chester in the summer of 1890, proved attractive and profitable 

 to the Members who were able to attend, and that valuable 

 knowledge and useful hints were acquired from friendly 

 intercourse with some of the distinguished photographers who 

 assembled at those gatherings. 



Two General Meetings of the Society have been devoted 

 to subjects essentially photographic ; at one a Lecture on 

 " Sidereal Photography" was given by Mr. S. Okell, F.R.A.S., 

 and at the other a Lecture on " How the Microscope and the 

 Camera combine to produce a Picture," by Dr. Stolterfoth ; 

 whilst at most of the ordinary meetings of the Society the aid of 

 photography has been enlisted to illustrate the remarks of the 

 Lecturers, by means of Lantern Slides, &c. 



The Members of the Section and others contributed to the 

 success of the Annual Conversazione by an Exhibition of 

 Photographic Prints and Lantern Transparencies, many of 

 which were much admired for their artistic and technical 

 qualities. 



Your Committee note with pleasure that a lady member of 

 the Section has gained a medal at the International Photographic 



