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were in priut, and therefore it would be only necessary to refer to 

 them to show that he had said nothing of the kind. 



The meeting was then adjourned to April 1st. 



Donations to the Library since February 4, 1874 : — 



From 



Nature. Weekly The Editor. 



Athenseum. Weekly Ditto. 



Society of Arts Journal. Weekly Society. 



The Lens. Vol. 2, No. 4 Editor. 



Annual Eeport of the Smithsonian Institution, 1871 Institution. 



Metamorphoses of Man and the Lower Animals. By A. de 



Quatrefages. Translated by Dr. Lawson Dr. Lawson. 



Journal of tlie Linnean Society. No. 57 Society. 



Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, No. 117 Ditto. 



Bulletin de la Societe' Botanique de France. Two Parts Ditto. 



Dr. J. J. Drysdale and William Payne, Esq., were elected Fellows 

 of the Society. 



Walter W. Eeeves, 



Assist. -Secretary. 



Medical Microscopical Society. 



The first annual meeting of this Society was held Friday, January 

 16, at 8 P.M., at the Eoyal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, Jabez 

 Hogg, Esq., President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and con- 

 fii'med, the Secretary proceeded to read the Eeport of the Committee. 

 From this it appeared that the Society, though only one year old, was 

 in a flourishing condition. During the year 129 members had joined 

 it, and sixteen papers had been read, each of them being followed by a 

 lively discussion, and at no meeting had there been any lack of speci- 

 mens for exhibition. 



The Treasurer's Eeport was also satisfactory. Ninety-four of the 

 members had paid their subscriptions, amounting to 47Z. There had 

 been spent for the Society 36?. 10s. 3c?. ; thus leaving a balance of 

 lOZ. 9s. 9cZ. Besides this, 35 members still owed their subscriptions, 

 which would make 111. 10s. more to be added to the balance. 



The following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing 

 year : — President, Mi". Jabez Hogg ; Vice-Presidents, Mr. W. B. 

 Kesteven, and Drs. H. Lawson, J. F. Payne, W. Eutherford ; 

 Treasurer, Mr. T. C. White ; Hon. Secretaries, Messrs. C. H. Golding 

 Bird and J. W. Groves ; Committee, Drs. M. Bruce, E. C Baber, U. 

 Pritchard, W. S. Greenfield, W. H. Allchin, J. Matthews, and Messrs. 

 H. Power, F. T. Paul, J. Needham, G. M. Giles, S. Coupland, E. A. 

 Schafer. 



The President then read his Addi-ess, after which votes of thanks 

 were accorded to the various officers, and the proceedings teiminated. 



