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The vote of thanks to the President, and the motion that he be 

 requested to jirint his Address, were unanimously carried. 



The President said he was very much obliged for the patience 

 which the Fellows had exhibited during the reading of his Address ; 

 he was so unused to speaking or reading in public that he believed 

 the very reading of his paper had weakened the effect of it. He 

 hoped it would serve as the means of arriving at what is doing in 

 reference to the subject. He was sure that if the young men would 

 take up the study they would find it a most glorious field of work. 

 The great thing to be done was to find out the facts of nature, and 

 then everything would explain itself. 



Mr. Hogg showed a specimen of " Mycetoma, or Fungus-foot of 

 India," his rej)ort on which was taken as read. 



The Secretary announced that at the next meeting a paper by 

 Dr. Klein would be read " On the Earliest Stages of the Development 

 of the Trout," and also a paper by Dr. Murie " On the Classification 

 and Arrangement of Microscoj)ic Objects," 



Annual Beport of the Society. 



The Secretaries report that during the past year the Society has 

 been well supplied with papers, extending over a great variety of sub- 

 jects, and in many cases bringing forward new discoveries of interest 

 and importance. It is found that scientific investigators appreciate 

 the prompt publication of their researches, which the Society offers 

 through the Monthly Journal. 



The Society's collections of books, instruments, and objects may be 

 generally described as in good condition ; and, while scarcely any 

 purchases have been made, valuable additions have been received in 

 the donations specified in the subjoined list. 



On the 10th of May and on the 24th of January two scientific 

 evenings were held, and devoted to the exhibition of objects and 

 apparatus of remarkable interest, and friendly conversation thereupon. 

 On both occasions a considerable number of Fellows responded to the 

 invitations of the Council and ensured success, both as regards the 

 number, and character of the articles, preparations, &c., displayed, and 

 many objects of interest were kindly lent by non-Fellows. It is 

 intended to continue evenings of this descriiDtion, of which due 

 notice will be given ; and it is hoped that each time an increasing 

 number of Fellows will co-operate by bringing their microscopes, 

 with objects of novelty or remarkable merit. 



Books Purchased during the past Year. 



Annals of Natural History. 2 vols. 



Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. Vol. XIX. 



The Handbook of British Fungi. 2 Vols. 



Presented. From 



Traite du Microscope. Par Chas. Kobin Author. 



Eoyal Society's Catalogue of Scientific Papers. Vol. V. . . Moyal Society. 

 Transactions of the Linnean Society. 3 Parts Society. 



