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Mr, Butterwortli's specimens under the microscopes, a cordial vote of 

 thanks was passed to him, which brought the proceedings to a close. 

 A meeting of this Society was held on the 9th of April, when a paper 

 was read by Mr. J. E. Byrom on " Vegetable Tissues." The President, 

 Dr. A. Thom Thomson, presided, and there was a goodly attendance 

 of members. The walls were decorated with suitable diagrams, illus- 

 trative of the subject, and a series of beautifully-prepared objects 

 were exhibited under the various microscopes, which contributed 

 much to the enjoyment of the evening. Mr. Byrom's paper is the 

 last for this season. 



Chichestek and West Sussex Natural History and 

 Microscopical Society. 



On Thursday, April 17th, the members of this recently-established 

 Society met (for the first time) in the Lecture Hall of the Literary 

 Society and Mechanics' Institute, when the President (Dr. Paxton) 

 delivered a most interesting and appropriate Inaugural Address. The 

 Society already numbers nearly sixty members, many of whom con- 

 fessedly are undecided in the choice of a pursuit. To assist such in 

 the selection of one congenial to their tastes a large number of orni- 

 thological, entomological, botanical, and geological specimens, with 

 an abundance of appropriate literatm-e, were exhibited, competent 

 curators were appointed to each section to give information and advice 

 to all who desii-ed them, and fourteen microscojDes were in operation 

 during the evening, illustrating various departments in microscopy. 



Each member of the Society being on this special occasion at 

 liberty to introduce two friends, there were nearly one hundred and 

 fifty persons present ; and so much interest was evinced by them that 

 the committee yielded to a request to throw open the exhibition to 

 the public from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on the following day, when a large 

 number of ladies and gentlemen visited it. 



Brighton and Sussex Natural History Society. 



March 27th. — Microscopical Meeting. Mr. HoUis, Vice-Pre- 

 sident, in the chair. 



Mr. E. Glaisyer announced the receipt from Mr. Wonfor of eight 

 slides for the Society's cabinet. 



Mr. Wonfor announced that Mr. T. Curties, of Holborn, had sent 

 him down, for distribution among the members, two dozen packets of 

 seeds, interesting as microscopic objects. These he proposed dis- 

 tributing later in the evening. He felt sure they would join in a 

 cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Curties. This was done by acclamation. 



Mr. Wonfor then introduced the subject of the evening : " Seeds, 

 Microscopically Considered." 



One of the objects sought in setting aside an evening every month 

 for the microscope, was the opportunity it would aiford members to 

 compare notes of observations, as well as enable those who had j^aid 

 attention to any particular objects to impart to others the facts they 

 had been able to work out. His reason for introducing a common 



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