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near future. The accessibility of Cabinet and Library is par- 

 ticularly under consideration. 



A notable feature of tbe year has been the admission of women 

 to membership, which thus brings the Club into line with other 

 learned societies in this respect. 



The papers read were as follows : 



January 13th. — Notes on Continuity and Discontinuity in Nature 



as illustrated by Diatom Structure, Sir N. YermoloS, K.C.B. 

 February 10th. — Presidential Address : The Seed Leaf of Grasses 



and Cotyledons generally, Dr. A. B. Rendle, M.A., F.K.S. 

 March 9th. — A Log and some Mycetozoa, Mr. A. E. Hilton. 

 April 13th. — Kocks and their Microscopic Structure, Mr. C. H. 



Cafiyn. 

 May 11th. — The Microscopic Examination of Paper Fibres, Mr. 



S. R. Wycherley, F.R.M.S. 

 June 8th. — The Microscopical Structure of Lichens, Mr. R. 



Paulson, F.L.S., F.R.M.S. 

 October 12th. — Nature's Infinite Variety, Dr. J. Rudd Leeson, 



F.L.S., F.R.M.S. 

 November 9th. — Some Methods of Preparing Marine Specimens, 



Mr. F. Martin Duncan, F.Z.S., F.R.M.S. 

 December lith. — Some Notes on Shore Collecting, Mr. B. S. 



Curwen. 

 December lUh. — Fluid Mounts and Mounting Algae, Mr. E. D. 



Evens. 



Besides these, numerous exhibits of apparatus and specimens 

 were made at the Ordinary Meetings, notices of which will be 

 found in the Proceedings. 



On behalf of the members, your Committee thanks the authors 

 of these valuable communications. The number of short papers 

 or notes has not been so great as usual ; this, it is thought, may 

 be due in part to the increase of new members. Such short 

 communications stimulate the work of the Club and are always 

 welcomed when they deal with methods of investigation or 

 interesting material, and are worthy of encouragement, especially 

 in those cases where lengthy scientific papers would be out of the 

 question. 



The Librarian reports that during the year 1920 he has been 

 in attendance on the first Saturday afternoon in each month, to 



