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After some interesting remarks by Mr. Flower, to wMch Mr 

 Hilton replied, the meeting closed with a hearty vote of thanks. 



At the 538th Ordinary Meeting of the Club, held on Decem- 

 ber 10th, 1918, the President, Dr. A. B. Kendle, M.A., RE.S., 

 in the chair, the minutes of the meeting held on November 12th 

 were read and confirmed. 



Messrs, Ernest Robt. Martin, Lewis Wm. Kittle, F. Newton 

 Williams, Wm. I. Ireland, Hy. Weaver and Robt. Wickham 

 were balloted for and duly elected members of the Club ; three 

 nomination forms were read for the first time. 



The Secretary announced that there would be no Gossip 

 Meeting on December 24th, and that the next Ordinary Meeting 

 would be held on January 14th, 1919. At this meeting nomina- 

 tions to fill the vacancies caused by the retirement according 

 to rule of four members of the committee will be received, and 

 the list of those nominated by the committee as officers for 

 the ensuing year will be read. The ballot will be taken at the 

 Annual Meeting in February. 



The President stated that the question of admitting ladies 

 to the membership and meetings of the Club had been brought 

 before the committee. The feeling of the committee was that 

 ladies should be admitted. There was no alteration in the 

 rules necessary, as they were only excluded by tradition. Any 

 member having any feeling in the matter should give notice to 

 bring it before the Annual Meeting. 



The President then invited Sir Nicholas YermolofE to address 

 the meeting in reference to Mr. Hilton's paper on the " Growth 

 of Capillitia." 



" Owing to the lateness of the hour at our last meeting, I 

 was unable to take part in the very interesting discussion con- 

 cerning Mr, Hilton's admirable paper on the Mycetozoa. With 

 the President's and your kind permission I will say a few words 

 now, 



" In the course of his lecture Mr. Hilton said that some 

 changes in the Sporangium observed by him under the micro- 

 scope proceeded ' by jumps.' I hope I did not misunderstand 

 the lecturer, but surely the so-called 'jumps' were only 



