FORTIETH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



LIVERPOOL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



The President and Council in presenting the Fortieth 

 Annual Report are pleased to record satisfactory progress 

 of the Society. 



The Meetings have been well attended, and the papers 

 read were followed with close attention and appreciation, 

 a pleasing feature being the greater interest taken in the 

 exhibits. The five papers read during the session were 

 excellent, and each maintained the character of 

 originality. Most of them were illustrated by numerous 

 photographic slides. The Council hereby express to these 

 gentlemen their hearty thanks. 



Two interesting and instructive demonstrations were 

 closely followed by a large number of members — one b}' 

 Mr. J. B. Garnett, of the Manchester Microscopical Society, 

 on the use of the hand microtome, and the other by 

 Mr. W. T. Haydon on serial section cutting. Both 

 gentlemen showed themselves masters of the manipulation 

 of the instruments, and the practical hints given by them 

 were of great value to the members, many of whom 

 received very useful information in reply to queries on 

 points of difficulty. 



At the Annual Conversazione, held in ^lay, many 

 members of kindred societies were present and contributed 

 to the success of the meeting by exhibiting microscopic 

 and photographic slides of scientific and general interest. 

 Our Society was well represented in the number and in the 

 useful and varied character of exhibits by the members. 



