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PEOCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



Tlie following were elected Fellows of the Society : — 



William Alfred Bevington, Esq. 

 William Ackland, Esq., L.S.A. 

 Charles Mostyn, Esq. 

 H. E. Webb, Esq. 



Walter W. Eeeves, 



Assist. -Secretary. 

 KiCHAUD MeSTAYER, TREASURER, IN AcCOTJNT WITH THE EoYAL 



Microscopical Society. 



1870. £. s. d. 

 Balance brought from last 



year 28 3 



Subscriptions for 1867 .. 110 



„ 1868 .. 8 8 



„ 1869 .. 32 11 



„ 1870 .. 333 18 



1871 .. 3 3 



Admission fees 31 10 



Compositions 56 14 



Dividends on 1059^. 6s. 2d. 



Consols 31 3 8 



Transferred from the Charter 



Fvmd 35 



£561 8 II 



1870. £. s. d. 



Hardwicke for Journal . . 260 6 6 



Insurance 14 



King's College, rent, &c. .. 50 



„ „ refreshments 29 11 9 



„ „ soiree, 1870 18 19 6 



Instruments and repairs . . 5 3 



Cabinet-maker 5 5 6 



Books 7 14 6 



Stationery and printing .. 11 10 9 



Petty cash 24 4 10 



Assistant-Secretary .. .. 63 



Keporter 9 9 



Diagrams 2 



Debt due from the late Col- 

 lector 38 17 



527 6 4 

 Balance due from Treasurer, 



31st Dec, 1870 34 2 7 



£561 8 11 



Examined and found correct, 



W. T. SUFFOLK, \ 

 JAMES HILTON, / 



Auditors. 



Brighton and Sussex Natural History Society. 



November 24th. — Microscopical Meeting. Mr. Glaisyer, Vice- 

 President, in the chair. 



Mr. E. Glaisyer reported the receipt for the Society's cabinet from 

 Mr. Hennah of three slides of tooth sections, made by the late Mr. T. 

 Eden, and of two slides from Mr. Wonfor. 



Mr. Dennant reported that for the grinding sections of teeth he 

 had found Water-of-Ayr stone, used in the same way as pumice stone 

 with ground glass, gave better results than the pumice stone. He 

 considered the operation quicker, and that there were fewer scratches. 

 He should like to know the best means of staining teeth or bone. 



Dr. Hallifax recommended carmine ; but Mr. Hennah preferred 

 magenta, a drop or two in water was quite sufficient. 



In answer to an inquii'y from Mr. Peto as to the office of the 

 lacunce and canaliculi in bone, and the supposed cause of the difference 



