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Trustee (two years), Fred. B. Kilmer. 



The secretary's report showed an increase in general interest 

 on the part of the members and an increase also in the attend- 

 ance of visitors at the regular meetings. 



The quarter-centennial was celebrated by a well-attended 

 public meeting. The program of this meeting included the 

 projection of micro-slides of rock sections, marine algas, living 

 animalculse and wood-sections, and table exhibits from the 

 three natural kingdoms under thirty-five instruments. 



About a year ago the society was sectionalized and the fol- 

 lowing sections created: — 



1. Agriculture 5. Chemistry 9. Mineralogy 



2. Bacteriology 6. Entomology 10. Pathology 



3. Biology (Zoology) 7. Geology 11. Physics 



4. Botany 8. Histology 12, Technique 



13. Literature 



Of these, the sections on Bacteriology, Botany and Mineral- 

 ogv have had charge of one meeting each, and reports of less 

 length have been made by the sections on Technique and Lit- 

 erature. 



The membership includes 40 active, 19 corresponding and 

 one honorary member. 



After the business session was over, A. H. Chester, Ph. D., 

 read a paper on "Crystals," describing the means used in the 

 preparation of crystals for micro-mounts ; slow cryslalization 

 from fusion, or solution, sublimation, precipitation and electro- 

 lysis. The paper described the systems of crystals to some ex- 

 tent, mentioning more especially those of gold, silver and 

 copper. With the aid of ten microscopes, the minute beauties 

 of the crystals were shown Avith appreciation to a goodly num- 

 ber of members and friends. 



Calcutta, India. 



Monday, February 11, 1895. — Present, thirteen members and 

 seventeen visitors. Shepherd .John Leslie had come from Bar- 

 rackpore bringing much apparatus in order to give a demon- 

 stration of his method of taking phoio-micrographs with tlie 

 microscope in a vertical position. He described the disappoint- 



