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 PEOCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



EoYAL Microscopical Society. 



King's College, January 7, 1874. 

 Charles Brooke, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the chair. 

 The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 

 A list of donations to the Society was read by the Secretary, and 

 the thanks of the meeting were voted to the donors. 



The Secretary having called attention to the circumstance that 

 their next meeting would be the anniversary, read the following 

 " house list " of gentlemen recommended by the Council for election 

 as officers of the Society on that occasion : — 

 As President — Charles Brooke, Esq.| 



As Vice-Presidents— '*'Dv. Braithwaite, *Dr. Millar, Mr. W. K. 

 Parker, and Mr. Wenham. 



As Treasurer — Mr. Stephenson. 



As Hon. Secretaries — Mr. H. J. Slack and Mr. Charles Stewart. 

 As Members of Council— Mr. Bell, *Mr. F. Crisp, Dr. W. J. Gray, 

 *Mr. Ingpen, Mr. Mclntire, *Mr. Henry Lee, *Mr. Loy, Dr. Lawson, 

 Mr. Perigal, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Tyler, Mr. T. C. White. 



The Secretary having read the bye-law relating to the proposal 

 of other candidates, invited any gentlemen present who wished to do 

 so to fill up and sign in due form such nominations, and intimated 

 that the names of persons so proposed would be printed with the 

 others on the ballot papers. He also stated that, in accordance with 

 a suggestion made by Mr. Beck at the last annual meeting, the lists 

 of gentlemen who were proposed would be forwarded to the Fellows 

 previously to the annual meeting. 



The Secretary asked that two gentlemen might be appointed 

 Auditors of the Society's accounts, and read the bye-law which pro- 

 vided for their election. Mr. Suffolk was then proposed by Mr. 

 Garnham, and seconded by Mr. Ingpen ; Mr. E. W. Jones was then 

 proposed by Mr. Curties, and seconded by Mr. Ingpen. 



The President having put the question to the meeting, declared 

 Mr. Suffolk and Mr. Jones to have been unanimously elected Auditors 

 of the Society. 



The Secretary said he had received a letter from Lord Osborne 

 upon the subject of the drying of rotifers, in which he stated that he 

 had recovered the species mentioned by Mr. Davis, and offered to 

 supply anyone with specimens who would send him a small tank for 

 the purpose. His lordship had changed his address — he now resided 

 at Sidmouth. 



The Secretary read a short communication from the Eev. W. H. 

 Dallinger, descriptive of a simple method of preparing lecture-illustra- 

 tions of scientific subjects, a specimen of which was placed upon the 

 table. The drawings were made with a pencil upon finely-ground 



X Those with an asterisk before their names arc proposed as new members. 



