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THE AMEEICAN MONTHLY 



[December, 



sponded to our request for informa- 

 tion, hence, so far as it goes, it is 

 reliable. The information, however, 

 is quite incomplete in many cases. 

 We hope next year to publish a more 

 perfect list, that will prove of greater 

 interest. It was intended to publish 

 the names of the officers in this con- 

 nection, but some of the reports came 

 in so late that the officers were named 

 for 1886, while others gave the officers 

 for 1885. We shall be pleased to 

 publish the names of officers of all 

 societies for the year 18S6, if the 

 necessary information is received be- 

 fore the first of March. 



Bethlehem Microscopical Society, 

 Bethlehem. Pa. 



Organized January 10,1884. Meet- 

 ings the first Thursday of each month. 

 Membership 16. 



Mici'oscopical Society of Camden, 

 Camden, N. J. 



Organized Nov. 7th, 1878. Meet- 

 ings at Microscopical Hall, 46 N. 3d 

 street, on the first and third Thurs- 

 days of each month, (usually except- 

 ing July and August) . Membership 

 51, average attendance 10. Twenty 

 microscopes are owned by members. 

 Lectures are frequently given. This 

 year Prof. C. H. Kain, Dr. A. P. 

 Brown, Dr. G. T. Robinson, and 

 Prof. E. F. Moody have lectured be- 

 fore the Society. The Society is in 

 good financial condition. 



California Microscopical Society, 

 San Francisco, Cal. 



Licorporated August 20, 1883. 

 Meetings monthly. A society of 

 ladies who manifest considerable in- 

 terest in microscopical work. 



Cleveland Microscopical Society, 

 Cleveland, Ohio. 



Organized May 23, 1882. Meet- 

 ings on the first and third Mondays 

 of each month. Membership 55. 

 Average attendance 1 1 . The society 

 subscribes for some periodicals, and 

 has the use of the library and museum 

 of the Kirtland Society of Natural 

 Science. 



State Microscopical Society of Illi- 

 nois, Chicago, 111. 



Incorporated March 31, 1869. 

 Meetings on the second Friday of each 

 month from October to May, inclu- 

 sive. Active members 82, corres- 

 ponding members 22, honorary mem- 

 bers 5. This is one of the oldest 

 established societies in the country ; 

 nearlv as old, as a corporation, as the 

 Royal Microscopical Society of Lon- 

 don, whose royal charter was obtained 

 in 1866. 



Iron City Microscopical Society, 

 Pittsburg, Pa. 



Meetings once a month. Member- 

 ship 43. The objects of the society 

 are declared to be ' to bring together 

 all of kindred tastes .... and to dissem- 

 inate a knowledge of and encourage 

 the use of the microscope as a means 

 of research, and of private and social 

 recreation.' The programme of the 

 meetings indicates that the presenta- 

 tion of papers is not regarded essen- 

 tial to the interest of the meetings, 

 but each member is expected to bring 

 at least one object, and the first part 

 of the programme is exhibition of 

 objects. Then follows the ' occasional 

 reading of papers,' then exhibition 

 of books, drawings, photo-micro- 

 graphs, etc., and finally practical illus- 

 trations of microscopical work. The 

 business session begins at 9.30. Sat- 

 urday afternoon excursions are made 

 for collecting. 



Lehigh Valley Microscopical So- 

 ciety, Easton, Pa. 



Organized May 19, 1881 . Member- 

 ship 13, and I honorary member. The 

 society is in a prosperous condition. 



Minneapolis Microscopical Society, 

 Minneapolis, Minn. 



Meetings on the first and third Mon- 

 days of each month, well attended, 

 and much interest is manifested by 

 members. 



Central New York Microscopical 

 Club, Syracuse, N. Y. 



Organized April 6, 1880, incor- 

 porated May 18, 1883. Meetings on 

 the last Monday of each month, except 

 during July and August. 



Richmond Microscopical Society, 

 Richmond, Va. 



