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 PEOCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES/ 



EOYAL MiCBOSCOPICAL SoCIETY's AnNUAL MEETINa. 



King's College, February 7, 1872. 



W. Kitchen Parker, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



A list of donations was read, among which, the Secretary stated, 

 were 107 slides of Australian zoophytes, presented to the Society by 

 Mr. Maplestone, of Victoria. These slides had been all mounted by 

 Mr. Mclntire, who had expended a large amoimt of time and trouble 

 in the work. Mr. Mclntire requested that the siJecimens be submitted 

 to some comj)etent authority for examination and determination of 

 species. 



The Secretary then proposed a vote of thanks to the donor of the 

 gifts referred to, and moved that a sjDecial vote of thanks be passed to 

 Mr. Mclntire for the time and trouble and care he had taken in 

 dealing with the slides just mentioned. A vote of thanks was unani- 

 mously accorded to Mr. Mclntire. 



The Secretary announced that Dr. Wallich would be proposed for 

 election as an Honorary Fellow of the Society, in consideration of 

 services rendered to microscopical science, and of the handsome dona- 

 tions of objects which he had made to the Society's cabinet. 



Messrs. Gay and Groves having been appointed scrutineers, a 

 ballot was taken for the election of officers for the ensuing year ; the 

 scrutineers reported that the whole of the gentlemen proposed on 

 the list had been elected. 



The Reports of the Library and Cabinet Committee were read, and 

 also the Treasui'er's cash statement. 



The President then delivered the Anniversary Address, which will 

 be found in full at page 89. 



Dr. Lawson moved, " That the thanks of the meeting be presented 

 to the President, and that he be requested to print his valuable 

 Address." Dr. Lawson said it was utterly impossible for any Fellow 

 present to overrate the importance of the subject ; its vastness 

 excited their wonder and their admiration of the patience and skill 

 displayed in its investigation. 



Dr. Braithwaite seconded the motion with great pleasure. Not- 

 withstanding the fact that few present could appreciate the real value 

 of the President's Address, it was very evident that he had brought 

 forward the essence of a very great amount of work in a small 

 compass, of which he hoped to hear more in detail at some future 

 occasion. 



* Secretaries of Societies will greatly oblige us by writing their report legibly 

 — especially by printing the technical terms thus : H y d r a — and by " underlining" 

 words, such as specific names, which must be printed in italics. Tliey will thus 

 secure accuracy and enhance the value of their proceedings. — Ed. ' M. M. J.' 



