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 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Annual Meeting op 8th February, 1882, at King's College, Strand, 

 W.C., The President (Professor P. Martin Duncan, F.R.S.) in 

 THE Chair. 



The Minutes of the meeting of 11th January last were read and 

 confirmed, and were signed by the President. 



The List of Donations (exclusive of exchanges and reprints) 



received since the last meeting was submitted, and the thanks of the 



Society given to the donors. 



From 



Reinsch, P. F. — Neue Untersuchungen iiber die Mikrostruktur 

 der Steinkohle des Carbon, der Dyas und Trias, viii. and 

 124 pp. and 94 pis. 4to. Leipzig, 1881 Mr. Crisp. 



Iris-Diaphragm for Objectives Mr. C. Collins. 



Sections of Sugar-cane and Palm Dr. B. W. Richardson. 



The President, referring to Professor Eeinsch's book, said it would 

 be very desirable to have the mounted specimens which had been 

 promised by him.* Without these it was impossible to determine 

 whether the conclusions at which he had arrived were correct. 



Mr. Crisp said that with regard to Dr. Richardson's slides it 

 should be noted that the processes which he quoted as having been 

 devised by Dr. Stirling were in reality due to Dr. H. Gibbes, whose 

 descriptions had been taken by Dr. Stirling without acknowledgment 

 of their original source. 



Mr. Crisp also called attention to the Iris-diaphragm for objectives 

 presented by Mr. C. Collins. The use of such a diaphragm had been 

 originally suggested by Dr. Royston-Pigott, but was now revived by 

 Mr. G. E. Davis, for the special purpose of obtaining penetration 

 with wide-angled objectives by reducing their aperture (see p. 262). 



The Treasurer, Dr. Beale, F.R.S., read his statement of the 

 income and expenditure of the Society for the past year, which had 

 been duly audited by the Auditors appointed at the last meeting 

 (see p. 292). 



Dr. Gray moved that the statement be received and adopted ; and 



Mr. Michael having seconded the motion, it was put from the 

 chair and unanimously carried. 



A vote of thanks was given to the Treasurer and the Auditors. 



The President, in pursuance of notice given at the previous 

 meeting, read the proposed alteration in the Bye-law relating to the 

 payment of subscriptions. He thought the alteration was one which 

 would commend itself to the Fellows. 



Mr. Crisp then moved that the words from " Fellows " to " year " 



* See Journal, i. (1881) p. 712. 

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