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Eendle paid warm tribute to Mr. Burton and Mr. Maxwell, and 

 expressed the hope that Mr. Wycherley might long be able to 

 occupy what is by far the most exacting position in the Club. It 

 spoke well, he said, for the vigour and healthy condition of the 

 Club that it was able to fill so readily and efficiently this post of 

 difficulty whenever occasion arrived. These repeated changes on 

 the right of the presidential chair, said Dr. Rendle, would 

 make his period of service seem unduly long were it not for a 

 wholesome corrective on the other side. Secretaries may come 

 and go, presidents may assume the chair and fall back into 

 obscurity, but our Treasurer stands fast, a symbol of per- 

 manency where all else is changeable. The last few years 

 have been difficult ones for treasurers of societies, and it is 

 not many who have been able to carry on and carry on success- 

 fully, as has Mr. Perks, on a pre-war subscription. 



Dr. Rendle then referred to the eviction of the Club from 

 Hanover Square. Although we are grateful to the Medical Society 

 for their hospitality, the difficulty as to our library remains, and 

 is a matter of much concern to the Committee. In the work of 

 inquiry and negotiation with regard to suitable premises our Treas- 

 urer has been especially helpful and keeps a very sharp look-out. 

 In order to make it possible to carry on the work of the Club 

 without raising the subscription it has been necessary to cut down 

 the Journal very drastically, and it is partly due to the generosity 

 of contributors that it has not been further reduced. This is 

 a very serious state of affairs, especially as regards country and 

 overseas members, who cannot attend the meetings. An 

 efficient lending library and a publication which is a vigorous 

 index of the Club's activities are especially necessary to the 

 country members. These matters have been carefully considered 

 by the Committee, but they have been disinclined to take any 

 action which should prejudice the admission to the Club of the 

 young workers in microscopy. It is, however, strange how 

 matters which have been perhaps for a long time burning questions 

 are suddenly settled. The admission of women to the Club is an 

 instance of this. An encouraging feature of our meetings, said 

 Dr, Rendle, has been the increasingly active part taken by some 

 of our younger members. After a brief review of the subjects 

 dealt with by the Club, Dr. Rendle referred to the gossip 

 meetings. A suggestion was recently made that some kind of 



