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9. How many books, pamphlets, etc. ? (Specify the most im- 

 portant.) 



10. What is the average attendance at meetings? 

 n. How is an account of the meetings published? 



12. Who are the president, secretary, and treasurer for 1S93? 



13. Add any other items of general interest. 



United States. — American Microscopical Society. (National.) 



Organized at Indianapolis, 1S79. Incorporated, Washington, 

 D. C, 1891. Constitution printed in proceedings. Meets , an- 

 nually in August. Average attendance. 30. Number of mem- 

 bers, 381 in 1S91. Annual dues, $2.00. Has published 13 annual 

 reports. Owns no books nor instruments. 



President, Prof. J. D. Cox, Cincinnati, Ohio : Vice-President. 

 Dr. Geo. M. Sternberg, U. S. A. ; Vice-President, Dr. A. 

 Clifford Mercer, Syracuse, N. Y. ; Secretary, Dr. Wm. H. Sea- 

 man, 1423 nth street. Washington ; Treasurer, C. C. Meller. 

 Pittsburg, Pa. 



United States. — American Postal Microscopical Club. 

 (National.) 



Organized 1875. Not incorporated. Constitution not in print. 

 No meetings are held. Membership, about 140 (list published). 

 Publishes a report annually. Dues, $1 per year. No propertv. 

 books, microscopes, etc. 



President, Prof. Samuel Lockwood, Freehold, N. J. ; Secre- 

 tary, S. G. Shanks, M. D., 547 Clifton ave.. Albany ; Manager, 

 R. H. Ward, M. D.. Troy, N. Y. 



California. — San Francisco Microscopical Society. 



Organized June 4. 1S70. Incorporated Aug. 30, 1S72. 

 Annual meeting, 1st Wednesdav in Februarv. Meetings, 1st and 

 3d Wednesdays at432 Montgomery st, 8 P. M. Initiation. $20. 

 Monthly dues, $1. Regular members, 60; life, 8 ; honorary, 8 ; 

 corresponding, 27. 



Library of about 1,000 bound volumes, and 100 pam- 

 phlets. Cabinet of nearly 5,000 slides. Reports of meetings 

 have been published in local papers and in Microscopical Journal . 

 Is commencing to publish Journal of the S. F. M. S. Owns large 

 Beck stand, large Zeiss stand, large Nachet stand, several 

 mounting and dissecting stands. Zeiss photomicrographic ap- 

 paratus, Yung's large microtome, bacteriological apparatus, etc.. 

 etc. 



A very extensive collection of diatomaceous earths from all 

 over the world. 



President, A. H. Breckenfeld, 1 and 3 Samson St. ; Vice- 

 President, Dr. Douglass W. Montgomery, n 24 Sutter street; 

 Recording Secretary, Wm. H. Loy, 423 Clay St. ; Correspond- 

 ing Secretary. George Otis Mitchell, 1034 f* me St- : Treasurer, 

 C. C. Reidy, 432 Montgomery St. 



