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having been forbidden to continue the use of the microscope. He 

 attempted, however, to make the scales of the Lepidoptera a means of 

 their classification, but was unable to do much in this direction, 

 although he contributed several interesting papers to the Transac- 

 tions of the Entomological Society. He was an able writer, and was 

 better known for theological papers and contributions to religious 

 publications. 



Mr. James How, the well-known philosophical instrument maker of 

 Foster Lane, recently complained of a small tumour that bad appeared 

 behind one of his ears, which, on the following day, became so painful 

 as to compel him to leave his business. The tumour rapidly de- 

 veloped into a carbuncle, and erysipelas supervening, he died on Sunday, 

 the 8th of December, 1872, at the comparatively early age of fifty-two. 

 Mr. How was for many years manager of the business of the late firm 

 of George Knight and Son, Foster Lane, whom he afterwards succeeded. 

 He was intimately conversant with the practical details of photography 

 in its numerous ramifications, and several years since published his 

 method of producing negatives by the waxed-paper process — a process 

 which he simplified to a very great extent, and by which he produced 

 many fine photographs. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Micro- 

 scopical Society on the 10th of February, 1861. Mr. How introduced 

 a cheap students' microscope, which was admitted to be one of the 

 best instruments of its class, and his skill in exhibiting microscopic 

 photographs and similar objects was widely known and appreciated. 



The Secretaries have not been able to obtain any biographical 

 notices of the three other gentlemen who have died during the year. 



John Ware Stephenson in Account with the Royal 

 Br. Microscopical Society. Cr. 



1872. 

 To 



£ s. d. 



Balance brought from 



31st Dec. 1871 .. .. 51 9 1 

 Dividend on 1059/. 6s. 2d. 



Consols 15 9 10 



Dividend on 1082/. 0s. lid. 



Consols 15 19 3 



Compositions 33 12 



Annual Subscriptions, &c. 481 18 



Screw-tools sold . . . . 7 



£598 15 2 



1872. £ s. d. 



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and Attendance .. .. 57 17 8 



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Consols 21 



„ Mr. Beeves' Salary . . 63 



„ „ Commission 12 16 6 

 „ Bay Society for 1871 and 



1872 2 2 



„ Fire Insurance .. .. 14 



„ Stationery and Printing 18 11 6 



„ Petty Cash 2S 2 2 



„ Balance remaining 31st 



Dec. 1872 136 10 



£598 15 2 



Feb. 1, 1873. 



Examined and found correct, 



WILLIAM T. LOY, \ 

 JAMES HILTON, / 



Auditor, 



