120 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [April. 



the Skull ot" a Hat. \n- Dr. Harrison Allen ; ^'()lnli( of Haculites, 

 bv Mr. A. P. Brown ; Svphoptvcliinm and Tuhnlina. hy Dr. G. 

 A Rex ; Films of Metallic (iold. by D. S. Ilolinan ; Hippa, by 

 Dr. Menjaniin .Sliarp ; Pinnotberes. by Dr. Menjamin .^barp ; 

 Joint Formation anion<» tbe Invertebrata. retiriiiij address ot" 

 l)irector Hcnjamin Sliarp. 



Additions to tbe property of tbe section bave been made as 

 follows: Bv purcba.se — one Spencer ^ incb objective: two 

 •• B " evepieces ; bv donation — one i-jo incb objective; from 

 Mr. A. I*. Brown ; one Centennial microscope from tbe beirs of Dr. 

 K. .^. Kenilerdine ; about 600 slide jireparations from tbe beirs of 

 Dr. R .S. Kenderdine ; about 45 slide ]ireparations from Mr. Ilar- 

 oKi W'inj^ate ; about 50 slide prej)arations from Dr. Ceorge A. 

 Rex : about 2>, slide preparations from otber members. 



Tbe ofHcers for tbe ensuinj^ vear are : Director. Mr. A. P. 

 Brown; Vice-Director, Mr. Jno. C. Wilson; Recorder, Mr. 

 Harold \\'in<jate ; Treasurer, Mr. Cbas. P. Perot ; Correspond- 

 injj .Secietarv. Dr. Cbas. Scballer ; Conservator, Dr. Geo. A. 

 Rex. 



i^l I.KI-.I I .Mil KusLOl'K.VL Cl-UB, LoNDON. 



jogtii ordinary meeting. JFeh. J~. — 20 Hanover street. Dr. 

 W. H. Dallinpjer in tbe cbair. Ballot was taken for president 

 and officers for tbe ensuing year. 



The secretary read tbe z^tb report of tbe committee, and tbe 

 treasurer bis annual statement. Officers were elected as follows : 

 For President, Mr. K. M. Nelson ; for V^ice-Presidents, Dr. Dallin- 

 ger. Prof. Lowne. Mr. Michael, Prof. Stewart ; for Foreign Secre- 

 tary, Mr. C. Rousselet : to fill five vacancies on tbe committee, 

 Messrs. Newton, Parsons, Western, Hcml)rv, and I'L. Browne. 



The president then gave tbe annual adtlress. Dr. Dallinger 

 first dealt with tbe optics of the modern objective, and pointed 

 out that under the present conditions it had reached the limits ot 

 practical utility, or even exceeded them. He referred to mono- 

 chromatic illumination, and expressed a hope that English 

 makers would endeavor to work out objectives for use with light 

 of certain wave lengths. He next gave an account of Prof. 

 Biitschli's '"foams," or .so-called artificial protoplasm, and bis 

 own experiments with it, and pointed out that, however impor- 

 tant and interesting from a phvsical basis, it possessed none of the 

 distinctive characters of true living matter. Finally he gave a 

 resume of Pasteur's and Frankland's researches on nitrification 

 as caused bv micro-organisms. 



Dr. Dallinger vacated the chair. installingMr. NeLson. the newly 

 elected president, who expressed his thanks for the honor con- 

 ferred upon him. and presented to the club a handsome ca])inet 

 containing a collection of over 1,100 specimens, mostly selected 

 Foraminifera, made by the late Mr. Hailes. as a memorial of 

 tbcir editor and foreign secretary. 



