182 THE MICROSCOPICAL NEWS. 
Altogether, the work will supply a demand which has long been 
felt by workers with the microscope, to possess a handy book based 
upon verified results. Messrs. Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox, of 20; 
King William Street, Strand, London, W.C., are the publishers. 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
ALL Notes and Queries should be sent to Mr. George E. Davis, 
The Willows, Fallowfield, Manchester, before the 16th of 
each month. 
To OUR SUBSCRIBERS.—We had expected that the 1882 volume 
would have paid its expenses, but on settling all accounts for that 
year we are sorry to find a considerable sum due to the editor. 
On further examination it is found that the loss is due principally 
to the enlargement of the journal, and to the extra postage 
occasioned thereby. On analysing our sales it is seen that since 
the increased number of pages was given, only 15 extra copies 
have been sold, and, therefore, we are compelled to reduce the 
weight of the journal, so that it will be carried for a halfpenny. 
This we hope to do without injuring its practical character, and 
we shall be exceedingly glad to restore the four pages so soon as 
our sales list shows that this may be done without pecuniary loss 
to ourselves. 
We have been surprised at the very large number of microscopists 
unacquainted with the existence of THE MicroscopicaL News, 
and we ask our readers earnestly not to hide their copy under the 
bushel, but to bring it to the notice of their friends. Such a pro- 
ceeding would enable the journal to be better illustrated than it is, 
producing a benefit alike to subscribers and editor. 
Our Free List.—We are reluctantly compelled to close our 
free list. It is our earnest desire that the journal shall be made to 
pay its way, and, therefore,economy must be practised in every 
department. We hope the recipients of gratuitous copies will look 
at the matter from a purely business point of view. 
THE FISHERIES EXHIBITION.—Mr. Thomas Bolton, of Birming- 
ham, has arranged to exhibit living organisms under the microscope 
at the International Fisheries Exhibition, which was opened on 
the r2th of May, at South Kensington. The exhibits, in addition 
to the six microscopes in use for showing living objects, include 
various small aquaria adapted for keeping microscopical organisms, 
containing a variety of fresh water and marine life, appliances for 
the collection of specimens, and for their examination under the 
microscope ; microscopes suitable for students in Natural History, 
