NOTICES OF MEETINGS. : 4I 
but notwithstanding this, he placed his valuable collection, each of which has 
been picked, and contains about one hundred slides, on the table and were 
shewn under the instruments of the Members of the Microscopical division of the 
Association. The collection comprises gatherings from various parts of the 
world, and about fifty are mounted by an American. The arranged slides, both 
transparent and opaque were very choice : finally, our old friend ‘* angulatum ” 
was satisfactorily resolved, with low power objectives. 
NORTH OF ENGLAND MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY.—The last 
ordinary meeting of the second session of the above Society was held at the 
Science and Art Schools, Corporation-street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Wed- 
nesday evening, December 15th; Mr. John Brown, Vice-President, in the 
chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed, and two 
auditors were appointed to examine the Society’s accounts. There was a good 
attendance of members, and the most interesting objects shewn were by Mr. 
T. H. Swallow, who exhibited the remarkable hairs on a petal of Zrichizim 
Manglesii ; Mr. George Harkus spores of Saprolegnia ferax, and Mr. H. French 
Melicerta ringens, found in a neighbouring pond, and believed to be the second 
local occurrence of the building rotifer. 
POSTAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY.—The Seventh Anrual Meeting 
of the above Society was held on Thursday Evening, September 3oth, ina large 
room at the Charing Cross Hotel, 
In the unavoidable absence of the’ President, Dr. H. F. Parsons, the Chair 
was taken by Dr. Brown (Vice-President), who very briefly stated that Dr. 
Parsons’ professional engagements prevented him being with them. The Hon. 
Secretary’s report contained the following remarks :— 
“The Committee of the Postal Microscopical Society have pleasure in laying 
before the Members their Seventh Annual Report. The Society at the present 
date consists of 155 Members, against 138 at the corresponding date last year. 
It is much to be deplored that a great falling off has taken place in the 
willingness of some Members to circulate slides. About 690 are at the present 
time in circulation ; of these, up to the present date a register has been made of 
631, from which it appears that 
12 Members have circulated 1 slide each. 
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It should be observed that four slides is the number that each Member is 
required to send round. 
Although rule 15 is printed in bold type, and affixed to the lid of every box, 
it is very frequently ignored. The box, in its black wrapper, is frequently care- 
fully wrapped in white paper, on which the address is written and stamps affixed, 
or a direction is securely affixed on one side of the package. Nevertheless, but 
few breakages have occurred, but it is believed that in every case where acci- 
dents have happened it has been through insufficient attention having been paid 
to this rule. 
