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Journal, June 1, 1S7U. J (, O^O j 



PEOOEEDINOS OF SOCIETIES.* 



King's College, 3Iay 11, 1870. 



Rev. J. B. Eeade, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 

 It was stated, relative to the question of the alteration of the day 

 of meeting, of which notice had been given by the Council solely with 

 the view of consulting the convenience of the Fellows, that as it had 

 been represented that many of the Fellows had engagements on the first 

 Wednesday in the month which would jDreclude their attendance at 

 the Society's meetings, the Council proposed to withdraw the motion 

 for the alteration of the 20th Bye-law, which was to have been made 

 that evening. This was done with the consent of the meeting. 



A list of donations to the Society was read, and thanks given to the 

 respective donors. 



Mr. H. Lee moved a vote of thanks to Mr. C. Stewart, F.L.S., for 

 the trouble he had taken in preparing the catalogue and arranging the 

 objects exhibited at the soiree. The arrangements had been most suc- 

 cessfully carried out ; and the character of the soiree had been much 

 improved through the display of Mr. Stewart's own splendid collection, 

 as well as by the deep-sea dredgings of Dr. Carpenter. 



This vote was unanimously passed. 



It was moved and unanimously approved that a vote of thanks be 

 presented to Dr. Carpenter for his very interesting exhibition of objects 

 at the soiree ; and also to Mr. Lee, by whom valuable aid had been 

 given. 



The President said that soon after his Annual Address had been 

 published a letter had been received from Mr. Hankey, of Chicago, 

 who established the State Microscopical Society of Illinois (to which 

 allusion had been made in the Address), in which that gentleman 

 expressed a strong desire to become a member of the Royal Micro- 

 scopical Society. He (the President) thought that, considering the 

 high degree of efficiency to which the State Microscopical Society had 

 been brought, it would be but a fitting compliment to pay to Mr. 

 Hankey to propose that his name be added to the list of Honorary 

 Fellows ; and he would therefore read the certificate approved of by 

 the Council, and propose that it be suspended till the next meeting, 

 when the election would take place. 



The certificate was suspended. 



A letter addressed to Mr. Hogg by Colonel Dr. Woodward was 

 read, in which special reference was made to the papers of Dr. Pigott 

 on " High-power Definition." The letter was accompanied by photo- 

 graphs : one of the Podura scale magnified 3000 times by Powell and 



* Secretaries of Societies will greatly ol^lige us by writing tlieir reports 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 iu italics. They will thus 

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



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