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microscope for members who had not one of their own. The resolution was 
then put and carried, and a vote of thanks was given to the Chairman. 
THE CARLISLE MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY.—An adjourned meet- 
ing of the gentlemen interested in forming a Microscopical Society in Carlisle 
was held in an ante-room of the County Hall, on Wednesday evening. Mr. 
Hall, surgeon, presided, and there were present Dr. Maclaren, Dr. Carlyle, 
Mr. A. B. Moss, the Rev. C. Dowding (Dearham), Mr. Young, Mr. W. Parker, 
Mr. Slingsby, Mr. T. Duckworth, Mr. W. B. Dodd, Mr. J. Tiffin (Fusehill), 
and Mr. W. Duckworth. Mr. Moss was appointed Secretary pro tem. The 
Chairman said it seemed to be an understood thing that they should form a 
section of the Scientific Society, and he handed to the Secretary the conditions 
on which it was proposed they should be admitted. There would be no 
practical difficulty, as they would pay 5s. to the Scientific Society and receive 
corresponding advantages, and the two working together and assisting each 
other they could hardly fail to be a success. The conditions were then discussed 
sertatim, On the first—that all members of the Microscopical Society shall be 
members of the Scientific Society—a question was raised whether members 
living at a distance might not object, and whether they might lose valuable 
service in that way. It was pointed out, however, that the connection only 
involved a payment of 5s. a year, and that if the Microscopical were an indepen- 
dent Society the subscriptions would have to be raised by that sum. The 
condition was accepted, as were also the following others after a few remarks:— 
(2) That members of the Microscopical Society be elected according to the 
rules of the section, and on payment of such separate subscription as may be 
agreed upon; (3) That the section shall elect its own officers, who shall be re- 
sponsible for the management of the business of the section, and shall have 
control of the funds; (4) That the Scientific Society and Museum Committee 
provide the necessary accommodation for the meeting of the section; (5) That 
in the event of the Microscopical Section ceasing to exist, the books and other 
property of the section shall become the property of the Museum Committee. 
Dr. Carlyle expressed his belief that it was not properly understood that mem- 
bers of the Microscopical Section had to pay 5s. to the section and 5s. to the 
Scientific Society. Dr. Maclaren: Shall we ask the Scientific Society to provide 
funds? It was pointed out that it would be absurd to suppose that they could 
get along without any subscriptions of their own. The Chairman expressed his 
pleasure that they had got themselves established. He hoped that some time 
the Scientific Institute would be removed from Finkle Street to a better 
situation. It was agreed that the Chairman, Mr. Moss, and Mr. W. Duckworth 
present the resolutions to the Scientific Society, and request to be accepted on 
those terms. A series of rules, based on those of the Quekett Microscopical 
Society, was,read over, but consideration of them was deferred. A vote of 
thanks was given to the Chairman, and thirteen gentlemen put their names 
down for membership. 
[We were rather surprised at the want of courage displayed by the Carlisle 
microscopists at their first meeting for the formation of a Microscopical Society 
in that city. Those who read the above reports, which have been extracted from 
the Carlisle newspapers, may not be astonished ; but from a business point of view, 
we must say we fail to see what advantages can accrue to microscopists in 
binding themselves to another Society, which, according to its own report has 
‘*a rickety building on which they might have to do more than they contem- 
plated to keep it water-tight ;” that out of less than 200 members, 40 were in 
arrears with their subscription, and of which (according to the Chairman, who 
is also Treasurer) there has not been a balance sheet since June, 1878. We 
wish the section every success, and while we should like to know what has 
made the members take such an extraordinary step, remind them that the Man- 
chester Microscopical Society with a subscription of only five shillings annually, 
