152 PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES, 
Wourali poison, by the Rev. J. G. Wood. 3. Ona new, quick, 
dry collodion process, by Arthur R. Marten, Esq. 
One field meeting was held, devoted chiefly to Cryptogamic 
Botany, and to an inspection of the fossils of the drift period, as 
shown in the excavations belonging to Mr. Bazley White, near 
Erith, and in the collection of Flaxman Spurrell, Esq. 
The annual soirée was unavoidably postponed until the month 
of November, and was then highly successful. More than sixty 
microscopes were provided, all belonging to members of the 
Society, and a variety of interesting objects, consisting of fossils, 
shells, ferns, algw, insects, &c., were exhibited, besides a large 
collection of photographic (including stereographic) pietures. 
The room was decorated with choice plants, supplied by the 
liberality of John Penn, Esq. 
The Library has been much increased during the past year, the 
funds having been sufficient to enable the Council to deyote a 
considerable sum to this object, and it is hoped that before long 
the Society will possess a really valuable collection of standard 
works on subjects connected with natural history and photo- 
raphy. 
The additions to the Library consist of the following works :— 
Huxley’s ‘Man’s Placein Nature.’ (Presented by L. M. Simon, 
Esq.) ‘Photographic News, 6 vols. ‘Photographic Journal,’ 
4yvols. ‘Journal of the Photographic Society,’ 4 vols. (Trans- 
ferred from the Blackheath Photographic Society.) ‘ Microscopical 
Journal, 1863. ‘Popular Science Review,’ 1863. ‘ Natural 
History Review,’ 1863. ‘The Micrographic Dictionary.’ Bad- 
ham’s ‘ Esculent Funguses:’ Lovell Reeve’s ‘ British Land and 
Freshwater Mollusks.’ Harvey’s ‘ Phycologia Britannica,’ 4 vols. 
Johnston’s ‘ History of British Zoophytes,’ 2 vols. 
Besides the above, two volumes are due from the Ray Society, 
viz., Blackwall’s ‘ British Spiders,’ vol. ii, and Giinther ‘ On Indian 
Reptiles,’ both of which may shortly be expected. 
The auditors’ report for the year 1863 shows the satisfactory 
condition of the Society’s funds. 
