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 PEOCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



Royal Microscopical Society — Anniversary. 



King's College, February 4, 1 87+. 



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



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



A list of donations to the Society since the last meeting was read 

 by the Secretary, and the thanks of the meeting were voted to the 

 donors. 



The President having requested that two gentlemen might be 

 elected as scrutineers, Mr. Gay was proposed by Mr. Curties, and 

 seconded by Mr. Dobson ; Mr. Suffolk was also proposed by Mr. Frank 

 Crisp, and seconded by Mr. Lealand ; and these gentlemen having 

 been elected by the meeting, the ballot for Officers and Council for 

 the ensuing year was taken in the usual way. The scrutineers sub- 

 sequently reported that no alterations had been made in any of the 

 balloting papers, and the gentlemen whose names had been printed 

 on the " house-list " were declared to be duly elected. 



The Annual Report of the Treasurer was then read by the Secre- 

 tary, and having been put to the meeting was received and adopted 

 unanimously. 



The Secretary also read the business portion of the Annual Report 

 of the Council. 



The President said that the Annual Meeting being the occasion for 

 making any alterations or additions to the bye-laws of the Society, it 

 would be proper to bring before them a new rule which it was pro- 

 posed to add to the others. The rule would read as follows : — 



" Any person residing out of the United Kingdom cultivating 

 microscopical science, and desirous of corresponding with the Society, 

 may be proposed and elected as a Corresponding Fellow, subject to tlie 

 condition of recommendation by the Council with respect to Honorary 

 Fellows by clause 15. 



" Corresponding Fellows so elected shall not be chargeable with 

 any entrance fee or annual subscription, so long as they continue to 

 reside out of the kingdom." 



It was known that there were many persons who resided abroad 

 and were pursuing microscopical studies, who, though not of sufficient 

 distinction to be elected Honorary Fellows, might nevertheless be of 

 much use to the Society by being connected with it, and it had seemed 

 desirable that there should be an opportunity of having them so con- 

 nected as Corresponding Members — the position of Honorary Fellow 

 being still reserved for distinguished persons. The new rule had 

 therefore been framed to give the Society the power of associating 

 with itself those persons from whom vahiable information might be 

 obtained, and it was believed that the arrangement would prove of 

 advantage to microscopical science. 



The proposed new bye-law was then put to the meeting and carried 

 unanimously. 



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