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ciety Professor Lister's account of his late father's microscopical 

 labours. This important historical document was received with most 

 cordial thanks to Professor Lister from all the Fellows present. 



It was moved by Mr. C. Brooke, and seconded by Mr. J. H. 

 Wenham, " That the cordial thanks of this meeting be presented to 

 the President for the most able and lucid Address which he has just 

 delivered." 



The vote of thanks was unanimously carried, and briefly acknow- 

 ledged by the President. 



It was moved by Mr. Slack, and seconded by Mr. E. G. Lobb, 

 and unanimously agi'eed to, " That the thanks of this meeting be 

 given to Mrs. Holland for the valuable present she had made to the 

 Society, and to which the President had referred in his Address." 



Mr. E. G. Lobb moved, and Mr. Peter Gray seconded, the follow- 

 ing resolution : — " That the best thanks of this meeting be given to 

 the President for his magnificent present of the ' Philosophical Trans- 

 actions ' to the Society." The resolution was unanimously carried. 



The President acknowledged the vote. 



It was then moved and seconded, and agreed to, that Messrs. 

 J. Browning and J. Hilton be requested to act as Scrutineers in the 

 election of officers for the ensuing year. 



Mr. Slack, in reply to a question from Mr. Tupholme concerning 

 Dr. Greville's drawings of diatoms, stated that Dr. Lankester had 

 written to say that Dr. Greville had latterly superintended the execu- 

 tion of the plates in Edinburgh, and that the drawings had been 

 returned to him for that purpose. It was further stated that Dr. Lan- 

 kester had been requested to send to the Society every drawing in his 

 possession, and which, according to the bye-laws, belonged to the 

 Society, but that he had failed to comply with the request. 



The Library Committee reported that the books generally were in 

 good condition, that the numerous valuable donations had been 

 periodically announced in ' The Monthly Microscopical Journal,' and 

 that the purchases were as follows, viz. : — Owen's ' Anatomy,' Vol. 111. ; 

 Bate and Westwood's ' Sessile-eyed Crustacea,' 2 vols. ; Hinck's 

 ' Zoophytes,' 2 vols. ; Jeffrey's ' Conchology,' Vol. V. ; Cobbold's ' Sup- 

 plement to the Entozoa ; ' Lowne's ' Anatomy of the Blow-fly.' They 

 hoped in future years a larger sum would be appropriated to the 

 acquisition of important works, and that they should be enabled to 

 extend the system of exchange with foreign societies. 



The Scrutineers announced that the whole of the officers proposed 

 for the ensuing year had been unanimously elected. 



Mr. Slack then brought before the meeting the question of refresh- 

 ments after the ordinary meetings of the Society. The subject had 

 been alluded to at the previous meeting, and he had little to add to his 

 remarks on that occasion. After a few remarks by Messrs. Browning, 

 Gray, and Beck, it was moved by Mr. Tyler and seconded by Mr. 

 Stevenson, " That the custom of providing refreshment after the meet- 

 ings of the Society be for the present discontinued." This motion was 

 supported by Messrs. Lee and Hogg, and carried unanimously. 



Mr. Slack announced that at the next meeting of the Society Dr. 



