150 PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



6. — Meetings shall be held on the third Friday evening of every 

 month, at the residence of each member in rotation. Tea to be pro- 

 vided by the member at Avhose house the meeting is held, which 

 shall be placed on the table at six o'clock, and removed at seven 

 precisely ; the busines.s of the meeting to close at half-past nine. 



7. — The expenses of the Society shall be defrayed by equal con- 

 tributions from each member as required. 



8. — The business of the Society shall be managed by a secretary, 

 who shall send out notices to each member, stating where the next 

 meeting will be held, the subjects to be discussed, the names of any 

 candidates to be proposed for membership, and the names of can- 

 didates to be balloted for. The secretary shall also keep a minute- 

 book, in which shall be recorded the proceedings of each meeting oi 

 tbe Society. 



9. — Each member shall be expected to bring his microscope to 

 every meeting, together with any illustrations he may possess re- 

 lative to the subject of inquiry for the evening. 



10. — Notice of any proposed alteration in the rules shall be given 

 at the previous meeting to that at which is to be discussed. 



11. — The member at whose house the meeting is held may intro- 

 duce friends for the evening. 



12. — The member at whose house the meeting is held shall be pre- 

 sident for the evening, shall choose the subject for investigation, 

 and provide objects, lamps, &c., that may be necessary. 



The following subjects have been investigated at successive meet- 

 ings, namely, " Spiracles and Tracheae of Insects;" " The Starches;" 

 "Sections of Wood and Echinus Spines;" "The Ocelli of In- 

 sects." At one of the meetings an interesting specimen of a 

 blighted kernel of wheat was exhibited. After being soaked for 

 some hours in warm water and torn to pieces, a number of micro- 

 scopic eels were seen coiled up in a membrane ; after awhile the 

 membrane burst, and the eels were observed to be moving about in 

 a very lively manner. The subject for next month is " The Ccemtrus 

 cerebralis." 



These microscopical reunions have not only been instructive, but 

 also agreeable ; and several visitors who have been invited have 

 participated with the members in the advantages of the meet- 

 ings. 



West Kejjt Miceoscopical Society, Annl^al Meeting, 



February 20th, 1861. 



JoH^'• Flint South, Esq., F.L.S., President, of the Eoyal College 

 of Surgeons, Vice-President, in the chair. 



T/ie CoimciVs Report. — The Council of the West Kent Micro- 

 scopical Society, in presenting this, their first annual report to the 



