128 IROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



a vote of thanks to Dr. Scott for his consent to remain the President of 

 the Society for another year. The subjects he had brought before the 

 Society in the past year had been of great interest and to many of the 

 Fellows quite new. The President had referred to his own want of 

 knowledge of the " brass and glass " side of the Microscope, but it must 

 be remembered that questions relating to the optical construction of the 

 Microscope, however interesting and important, would be of little value 

 were it not for the practical application of the instrument to the pur- 

 poses of scientific research and demonstration. 



As the President could not very well put this to the Meeting himself, 

 it was submitted by Mr. Vezey, and unanimously carried. 



The President said he was greatly obliged to Mr. Michael and to 

 Mr. Vezey for the extremely kind words in which they had moved and 

 seconded this vote of thanks, and to all present for the kind way in 

 which they had received the address. He had felt some pleasure in 

 bringing this subject before them, not only on account of the interest 

 he took in the kind of work done, but because he was glad to be able to 

 do something to honour the memory of a worker whose contributions to 

 the subject of fossil botany had been so considerable, and whose work 

 had been so little appreciated in his lifetime. He believed, however, 

 that it was contemplated to do him some posthumous honour by naming 

 a street in Paris after him, and that a number of letters had been written 

 by members of the French Academy supporting this idea. 



A vote of thanks to the Honorary Officers of the Society for their 

 services during the past year was moved by Mr. Maurice Blood, seconded 

 by Mr. A. S. Hoole, and unanimously carried. 



The President said he had depended entirely upon the Officers of the 

 Society for the conduct of its affairs, and he had never known a society 

 to run so smoothly as this. Personally he was called upon to do very 

 little, so that the successful working of all their business was entirely 

 due to the Officers. 



Mr. J. J. Vezey, in responding to this vote on behalf of the Hon. 

 Officers, said they were very much obliged for this expression of approval, 

 and it was a great pleasure to hear what the President had just said 

 as to the smoothness with which the work of the Society had been 

 carried on by the help of the Officers. 



Votes of thanks to the Auditors and Scrutineers were then moved by 

 Mr. Frank Orfeur, seconded by Mr. Taverner, and on being put to the 

 Meeting by the President, were carried unanimously. 



New Fellows. — The following were elected Ordinary Fellows : 

 Messrs. P. Murrell and Frederic J. W. Plaskitt. 



The following Objects were exhibited : — 



The Society : — A frame containing six micro-daguerreotypes of blood, 

 milk, etc., taken with the electric bght by Leon Foucault in 1844. 



The President : — A number of Lantern Slides, including photographs 

 of Renault and his laboratory, in illustration of his Address. 



