MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



February \mh, 1861. 



Dr. Lank ESTER in the chair. 



Report op Council. 



According to annual custom, the Council have to make 

 the following report on the state and progress of the Society 

 during the past year. 



The Society at present consists of — 



Compounders . - - 41 



Annual Subscribers - - 259 



Honorary and absent - 5 



giving a total of - - - 305 for the number 



of members this day on the books : of these 35 have been 

 elected during the past year, and are included in the above 

 number. The Council have to regret the loss by death of 5 

 members — P. W. Fry, Esq., Geo. Jackson, Esq., Rev. David 

 Laing, Charles May, Esq., and Dr. James Forbes Young. 

 Three of these, viz., Mr. Fry, Mr, Jackson, and Dr. Young, 

 were among the original members who founded the Society. 

 The Council have also received seven resignations. During the 

 past year the Library has received an accession of 73 books ; 

 of these 25 consist of various complete works, many of which 

 are of great value : among these may be particularly noticed 

 the works of Leuwenhock, 2 vols. 4to., and Swammerdam^s 

 ' Historia Insectorum,^ 3 vols, fol., presented with other works 

 by Dr. Millar, and the valuable contributions of the Hackney 

 Microscopical Society, presented through Mr. Roper; four 

 works also have been purchased "svith the Library Fund ; and 

 the remaining works consist of serial publications, presented by 

 the various editors, with the exception of one, the ' Annals of 

 Natural History,' which is purchased, as it appears, for the 

 use of the Society. 



The cabinet of objects has received an accession of 66 

 slides, including 27 from the Boston (U. S.) Natural History 

 Society, 14 from Dr. Carpenter, being specimens of Polyozoa 



