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MICROSCOPICAL SECTION 



OF THE 



ANNUAL REPORT, 1890-91. 



The Committee, in submitting the Sixth Annual Report, 

 are glad to be able to state that though the number of members 

 is less than at any previous period, there is no lack of interest on 

 the part of those who are really workers with the microscope, 

 and the Section may now be considered as having stood the test 

 of time, and is likely to be still the rallying point for all those 

 engaged in this branch of scientific investigation. 



The attendance during part of the session was not as good 

 as it should have been from several causes, but with the return 

 of our Chairman from England greater interest was manifested, 

 and the number of members present at the meetings was con- 

 siderably increased. 



We regret to have to report the death of one of our Vice- 

 Chairmen, Mr. F. S. Crawford, which was a great loss, not only 

 to the Section, but to the colony as a whole. We are pleased 

 that one whose scientific acquirements in his own special depart- 

 ment were known beyond the limits of South Australia, was 

 identified so closely with the Section from its formation. 



Our Chairman, Mr. Poole, during his visit to Europe, took 

 great pains in acquiring all the information lie possibly could on 

 microscopical matters, and we are glad to find that he was 

 everywhere received with great kindness by fellow-workers with 

 the microscope, and we trust that the experience gained by him 

 will be of great service to us. 



During the year the following donations of books liave been 

 made to the Section : — 

 A Synonymic Catalogue of the recent Marine Bryozoa, by Miss 



Jelly ; presented by Dr. H. T. Whittell. 

 3 vols. American Journal of Microscopy, bound, for 1877-9. 

 1 vol. ditto ditto, unljound, for 1881. 



