1869.] Tlie Boyal Microscopical Society, 161 



members ; but has entailed an exi^enditm-e which has not alone 

 necessitated an increased subscrijDtion to new members (a double 

 tariff in fact), but has so reduced the funds as to render it a matter 

 of difficulty to j)ay the j^ostage on the Transactions. The publication 

 of those in the old journal a day longer than was necessary was 

 another mistake ; the transference to a rival, a third. The Council 

 should charge all members ahke, publish their own Transactions, 

 and limit their moral responsibihty to the record of what passes at 

 their meetings. If these hints pass unheeded now, the time will 

 come when they will be remembered. 



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