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MICROSCOPICAL vSECTION 



OF THE 



Eoyal Socxet|) of South Australia (|nc0rp0rateir). 



ANNUAL REPORT, 1907-8. 



Officers. — Chairman, Mr. W. Fuller; Vice-Chairman, 

 Mr. W. B. Poole; Hon. Secretary, Mr. H. A. Whitehill; 

 Assistant Secretary, Mr. E. J. Bradley; Auditors, Messrs. 

 T. Godlee and S. Smeaton, B.A. 



Your Committee has to report that the conclusion of the 

 Fifth Session of this Section since its reinstitution shows that 

 satisfactory progress has been made. The attendance at the 

 meetings has been good and the contributions of varied in- 

 terest. 



On September 24, 1907, the Section had the pleasure of 

 inspecting the admirable rulings which have been recently 

 produced by Mr. H. J. Grayson, of Melbourne, for micro- 

 metric and test purposes. A series of bands ruled from 1,000 

 to 120,000 lines to the inch was shown, which in point of 

 quality and mounting represented the finest work hitherto 

 accomplished in this direction. 



On March 24, 1908, was exhibited a remarkable collec- 

 tion of new microscopes and apparatus recently acquired by 

 members, no less than five complete instruments of value 

 being shown. Veterinary Surgeon Desmond showed a superb 

 Zeiss photomicrographic stand with all accessories and fur- 

 nished with apochromatic lenses; Mr. A. W. Marshall, a 

 new model "Edinburgh" microscope, by Watson, Mith Scop 

 mechanical stage and universal condenser; Mr. Roach, a 

 Bansch & Comb instrument of excellent model ; Mr. Baker, 

 a Zeiss monocular erecting prism microscope; and Mr. H. 

 W. H. Hale, a Zeiss III E stand with semi-apochromatic 

 lenses of very fine order. Mr. Dollman also showed a new 

 water immersion 1/lOth, which he reported was of exceptional 

 value in photography. 



An important feature of the year's proceedings has been 

 the inauguration of the Episcope and Projection apparatus 

 recently acquired by the Royal Society and its afiiliated Sec- 

 tions, the acquisition of which has given much satisfaction, 

 and especially to the members of the Microscopical Section, 

 with which, indeed, the idea of obtaining the instruments 



