EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL EEPOET 



OF THE 



LIVERPOOL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



In reviewing tlie events of the Eighteenth Session, your Council 

 do not see that there is much to call for special comment in the 

 working of the Society. 



The interest in the Meetings has been well maintained, and some 

 of the Papers read have been well illustrated by various Members at 

 the subsequent Conversaziones. 



The Council feel that this is an important feature in the welfare 

 of the Society, and would solicit the co-operation of all the Members 

 in making the exhibits at the Conversaziones as large and instructive 

 as possible. 



It is intended for the future to embody with the Annual Report 

 a list of objects shown at each Conversazione. 



Eight new Members have been enrolled during the year, and 

 thirteen have resigned. The number of Members now stands as 

 follows : — 148 Ordinary Members, 8 Honorary Members, and 1 

 Associate Member. 



The following Papers have been read during the year : — 



"The Copepoda of Liverpool Bay," illustrated bythe oxy-hydrogen 

 lantern, by Isaac C. Thompson, F.R.M.S. 



"The Development, Structure and Functions of the Eye," 

 illustrated by diagrams, by Dr. Barron. 



"On the Practical Use of Micro-Photography," by Thomas 

 Higgin, r.L.S. assisted by F. T. Paul, F.R.C.S. 



" Remarks on Melobesia and its Allies," by Rev. H. H. Higgins, 

 M.A. President. 



" Some New Apparatus and Methods for the Microscopical 

 Examination of Water," by A. Norman Tate, F.LC. 



