TWENTIETH ANNUAL EEPOBT 



LIVERPOOL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



In presenting the Twentieth Annual Report, the Council are 

 able to state that the Meetings during the session have been well 

 attended, and that the papers read have been more than previously 

 illustrated by exhibits during the Conversaziones. This the Council 

 look upon as a gratifying and hopeful feature. 



During the year 2 new Members have been enrolled, 1 1 have 

 left or resigned, and the number on the list now stands — 124 Ordinary 

 Members, 8 Honorary Members and 1 Associate Member. 



The Council express their obligation to the Members who have 

 read papers and exhibited objects at the i\leetings, and also to the 

 donors to the Library and Cabinet. 



The Council have recently had under their consideration how 

 best to further the usefulness of the Society, and have issued recom- 

 mendations which they trust will result in greater activity among 

 the Members generally; and they especially call attention to the 

 appointment of referees in several departments of Microscopical 

 Science. 



The following Papers have been read during the session : — 



"The Application of the Microscope to Technological Purposes." 

 By the President. 



