372 FIFTY-SIXTH ANNUAL EEPORT. 



for their communications, and we are glad that this year the 

 number of short papers and notes at the meetings has been 

 increased. This is a development which it is desired to foster, 

 and any of our newer members who have anything they think 

 may interest other members should communicate with the 

 Secretary, as comments on actual experiences or investigations 

 are often of practical help to others. 



Further, members of the Committee have noticed that in the 

 course of the year several members of the Club have devised 

 adaptations for the more perfect use of their instruments and 

 other novelties and accessories which might be of general interest. 

 If members who make experiments in this direction and find them 

 satisfactory would bring the report of the alteration, etc., of their 

 equipment to the notice of the meeting, such communications 

 would be welcome, as such adaptations by experienced workers 

 may render the instrument more valuable to other users. 



This year, again, the Committee has been able to issue only 

 one number of the Journal, owing to the still heavy expenses of 

 production. If these expenses materially decrease, it is hoped 

 that two numbers yearly will be issued as in the past. 



The Committee wishes to tender its thanks on behalf of the 

 members to the various OflEicers who have so readily and efficiently 

 carried on the work of the Club, and the Committee expresses the 

 hope that the development of the Club throughout the ensuing 

 year may be such that members, both the older ones and those 

 who have more recently joined, may find in the Club a meeting- 

 ground for mutual development in their study of Microscopy in 

 its various branches. 



The Librarian reports that during the year ending December 

 31st, 1921, the Club's Library has been open for the issue of 

 books on eleven occasions at the Herbarium, Natural History 

 Museum, South Kensington. 



About 108 volumes have been issued during this period, a 

 marked increase on the numbers for 1919 and 1920. In addition 

 to the usual periodicals presented by and exchanged with other 

 Societies, the Library has been enlarged by several volumes 

 presented by members, and include : — 



Systematic and Descriptive Mineralogy, 2 Vols. 

 By H. Bauermann. Presented hy F. W. Woodman. 



