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in it. Our Photography will then rise above the common- 
place and prove of real value to us. Weare very pleased to 
state that the Spectator Printing Company, who made such a 
generous use of pictures and faces of the Hamilton Camera 
Club in their Christmas number, are now considering means to 
make their special paper more interesting to Amateur Photo- 
graphers by establishing an annual competition and offering 
prizes for the best pictures. 
Reference was made in last year’s report to some very nec- 
essary changes which should be made in the Dark Room 
accomodation. The room adjoining the old dark room has been 
secured and fitted up with sink, water, etc., and in this room 
has been placed the enlarging apparatus. The Dark Room 
light has also been improved, electric light has been introduced 
and while a decided improvement has been made this year the 
Dark Room accomodation is far from what it should be, and 
there still remains much for next year’s executive to bring to 
completion the good work. Some attention needs to be paid 
to the enlarging and reducing apparatus. Correspondence 
was entered into in regard to a new lens with the result that 
we were practically told we had as good a lens for the purpose 
as could be desired. The box itself, however, is very unsatis- 
factory and needs repair badly, the condensor is too small as 
it will not allow a satisfactory picture to be made from a neg- 
ative larger than 4x5. 
In the month of November we held our Annual Competi- 
tion and Exhibition. Preparation had been made for this by 
circulars issued early in the summer to every member contain- 
ing the list of prizes, and rules governing the competition. 
Twelve of the members sent in pictures aggregating 250 to 300 
photographs, and the work submitted as stated by the judges, 
showed a very decided advance. A very handsome trophy 
was presented to the Club, and another was secured by the Club, 
these both to be for annual competition for the best collection 
of pictures in the Exhibition. There were also medals in the 
following classes : Marine, Genre, Portraits, Landscapes, 
Enlargements, and a prize for Interiors given by Mr. A. M. 
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