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The Council considorctl nnd ultimately approved a proposal for 

 publishing in the Journal the portraits of the Presidents of the 

 Society. To issue the whole (21) as full-i)age portraits involved a 

 greater cost than the Council saw their way to undertaking, while to 

 spread them over a series of years did not appear to be desirable. It 

 was therefore decided that the portraits of 16 of the Presidents, from 

 1810 to 1878, should be issued in two groups with full-page portraits 

 of the first President of the Microscopical Society of London (Sir R. 

 Owen, K.C.B.), and the first President of the Eoyal Microscopical 

 Society (Mr, Glaisher, F.R.S.). No little difficulty was experienced 

 in collecting the photographs for the groups, the only ones obtainable 

 in some cases being old and faded and in others unsuitable for 

 technical reasons. The satisfactory character of the result is duo to 

 the trouble and attention given to the matter by Mr. J. Mayall, jun., 

 one of the members of the Council. 



Meeting of 10th March, 1886, at King's College, Strand, W.C, 

 THE President (the Rev. De, Dallinger, F.R.S.) in the 

 Chair. 



The Minutes of the meeting of 1 0th February last were read and 

 confirmed, and were signed by the President. 



The List of Donations (exclusive of exchanges and reprints) re- 

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

 Society given to the donors. 



Hudson, C. T., and P. H. Gosse, The Kotifera or Wheel Ani- From 



malcules. Part 1, pp. 1-40, 7pls. ; Part 2, pp. 41-80, 

 7 pis. (8vo, London, 1886) The Publishers. 



William Sharon v. Sarah Althea Hill. Oral Argument for 

 Complainant by W. M. Stewart. 106 pp., 13 tables and 

 5 letters. (Svo, San Francisco, 1885) Dr. Hanks. 



Ditto, ditto, Closing Argument for Complainant, by W. H. L. 

 Barnes. 224 pp., 55 tables and 4 letters. (8vo, San 

 Francisco, 1885) „ 



Spruce, R., Hepaticss of the Amazon and of the Andes of Peru 



and Ecuador, xi. and 588 pp., 22 pis. (8vo, London, 1885) The Publishers. 



Walker, W. C, and H. H. Chase, Notes on some New and 



Rare Diatoms. 6 pp. and 2 pis. (^to, Utica, N.Y., 1886) The Authors. 



Viallaiies, H., La Photographic Applique'e aux Etudes 

 d'Anatomie Microscopique. vi. and 66 pp., 4 woodcuts 

 and 1 pi. (Svo, Paris, 1886) The Author. 



Mr. J. Beck said he thought it might be of some interest to the 

 Fellows, seeing that they were subscribers to the Marine Biological 

 Association, to hear some description of his recent visit to the 

 Zoological Station at Naples. Mr. Beck then gave a description of the 

 Station, and said it was certainly the most perfect which had ever been 

 established. He had seen most of the large aquaria in existence, but 

 had never seen one where the arrangements were so complete, or the 

 work was carried out in so thorough a manner. Mr. Beck remarked 

 particularly on the special attention which was given to the preserva- 

 tion of specimens, so as to exhibit them as far as possible in their 



