FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



LIVERPOOL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



The President and Council, in presenting their Forty- 

 Second Annual Report, are pleased to note that the satis- 

 factory progress of the Society continues. 



The Meetings have been well attended, and the papers 

 read during the year have been very good and varied in 

 character, and often illustrated by capital lantern slides. 

 The Covmcil hereby express their hearty thanks to the 

 gentlemen who have given demonstrations and read papers. 

 An experiment has been made of devoting the entire 

 evening occasionally to the illustration of exhibits under 

 the microscopes, with satisfactory results, the members 

 having entered heartily into the spirit of the arrangement, 

 and made the meetings very enjoyable ; and as members 

 were encouraged to say a few words about their own 

 exhibits, it has been advantageous in affording opportuni- 

 ties of bringing before the members many interesting 

 exhibits, which would ordinarily not have been brought to 

 the meetings, as they would usually not be considered to 

 bear upon the subject of the paper. As this encourages 

 individual observation and experiment, it is very desirable. 



The evenings devoted to demonstrations continue to be 

 well attended, and the special opportunities of acquiring 

 technical knowledge of processes not familiar to mnny 

 members are appreciated, and encourage the Council to 

 continue them. 



At the xAnnual Conversay.ione, held in May, members 

 of kindred societies were invited, and manv attended. 



