Monthly Mlcroscoplcfln 

 Journal, -March 1, IsTU.J 



Royal Microscopical Society. 



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has received the unanimous approbation of the Council ; and the 

 personal support -which several of its members oifer, will, I hope, 

 be appreciated and copied by other Fellows of om* Society. I will 

 state then, in few words, that the increased advantages which the 

 Society is now able to ofier as compared with earher years induce 

 me to hope that many Fellows will voluntarily raise theii* subscrip- 

 tion. The guinea subscription is so nearly balanced by the copy of 

 the Society's ' Transactions and Proceedings,' the expenses of the 

 soiree, the rent and cost of circulars, &c., as to leave only a mere 

 trifle for other purposes. 



It would obviously be unfair to make any unexpected demand 

 upon gentlemen to whom the low terms of subscription offered a chief 

 inducement to join the Society, or in any way to press them for an 

 advance ; but now that the library, daily open for consultation, has 

 been largely augmented by piurchases and donations — the latter 

 including a complete set of the ' Philosophical Transactions ' — and 

 when valuable and larger collections of instruments, apj)aratus, and 

 objects are likewise accessible, it is beheved that many Fellows who 

 entered at 1/. Is., but who can well afibrd the outlay, will not 

 grudge a further annual payment or donation, to be appropriated 

 to the advancement of microscopical science. 



It is felt that this appeal may be made to our original com- 

 pounders as well as to our annual subscribers at the lower rate, and 

 it is needless to add that a kind reception of this proposal would 

 materially contribute to the well-being of our parent Society. 



Such then, hi conclusion, is our position and our work. "We 

 have gone on year after year, both gaining knowledge oiu'selves and 

 communicating knowledge to others. Let us still be up and doing 

 while the Great Architect of the Universe permits us to investigate 

 His works, and " all His works praise Him." Let us never rest upon 

 our oars, whilst, in the language of the immortal Newton, " the 

 great ocean of truth hes all undiscovered before us." 



Conspectus of the Present State of the Society : — 



