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special circumstances which existed, the Council did not feel them- 

 selves able to invite Mr, Crisp to continue to act as Editor ; but 

 having appointed a committee to confer with him on the subject, they 

 were gratified to find that he was willing to continue the existing 

 arrangement for two years further. The Council are sure that the 

 Society will cordially endorse both their resolution as to the past 

 conduct of the Journal and their satisfaction that it will be continued 

 for a further period. The thanks of the Society are also due to the 

 Associate Editors for their services in connection with the Journal. 



Meeting of 8th March, 1882, at King's Collkge, Strand, W.C, 

 The President (Professor P. Martin Duncan, F.E.S.) in 

 THE Chair. 



The Minutes of the Annual Meeting of 8th February 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. 



Arnold, J. A. F. — Die neueren Erfindungen und Verbesserungen i^'^om 

 in betreff der Optischen Itistrumente. 232 pp. and 4 pis.. 

 (8vo. Quedlinberg, 1833) Mr. Crisp. 



Diatomaceous Earths from California Mr. H. G. Hanks. 



The President said that the Council had approved (under the 

 15th Bye-law) the recommendations of two Honorary Fellows to fill 

 the vacancies in the list caused by the deaths of Messrs. Schleiden and 

 Schwann, viz. (1) M. C. Kobin, of France, well known as an histologist 

 and microscopist, and the author of the ' Traite du Microscope et des 

 Injections'; and (2) Dr. L. Dippel, of Germany, also an eminent 

 microscopist, and the author of ' Das Mikroskop und seine Anwend- 

 uug,' in which not only the Microscope but the histology of plants 

 is ably dealt with. 



Mr. J. Mayall, jun., described Wenham's Universal Inclining 

 and Rotating Microscope exhibited by Messrs. Ross (see p. 255). 



Mr. Crisp exhibited and described the Bausch and Lomb Optical 

 Company's Trichinoscope (see p. 258) ; the " Hampden " Portable 

 Simple Microscope, lent by Sir John Lubbock, Bart, (see p. 258) ; 

 two cheap American " Dissecting Microscopes " ; one of Fasoldt's 

 19 -band test-plates; Aylward's " Patent Micro-slide " ; and Stokes's 

 Tadpole-slide (see p. 110). 



Mr. R. J. Lecky's note as to the origin of the glutinous character 

 of spiders' webs was read. 



Mr. Crisp described the composition of the two immersion fluids 

 sent by Dr. Van Heurck, and exhibited at the December meeting (see 

 pp. 133 and 264). 



