154 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



The List of Fellows to be recommended to the Society for elec- 

 tion as Members of the Council at the ensuing annual meeting was 

 read in accordance with the 44th bye-law. 



Mr. Suffolk and Mr. Curties were appointed Auditors to audit 

 the Treasurer's accounts. 



The President said that with regard to the subject which was 

 mentioned at the last meeting, that of the proposed " Microscopical " 

 and " Eesearch " medals, which had been generously j)laced by two 

 Fellows at the disposal of the Society, the matter had been further 

 discussed by the Council, and at their meeting that evening it had 

 been decided to ask the gentlemen in question to withdraw their offer. 

 The question was not free from considerable difficulty. It would be 

 remembered that some years ago the Quekett medal was abandoned, 

 and the interest of the fund applied to the purchase of books, so that it 

 was felt to be difficult now to establish other medals. He was sure 

 that the Society would feel none the less indebted to those gentlemen 

 who had so liberally come forward. 



Mr. Crisp said that they had now so often to adjourn without 

 disposing of the business on the Agenda paper, that it was proposed 

 to read it in future at the commencement of the meeting, so that it 

 might be seen what matters would be most likely to interest those 

 present. 



The President announced that some new gauges and screw tools 

 for the " Society " screw had been made, and could be obtained of the 

 Assistant Secretary. 



Mr. Crisp exhibited and described the various Microscopes, &c., 

 of which a list is given at p. 172. 



Professor P. M. Duncan gave a resume of his paper " On 

 a Eadiolarian and some Micro-Spongida from considerable depths in 

 the Atlantic Ocean," illustrating his remarks by diagrams and by 

 specimens exhibited under Microscopes in the room. 



Mr. C. H. Bassett's note on a new homogeneous-immersion fluid 

 of 1' 5 refractive index was read (see p. 123). 



Mr. Shadbolt read his paper on " The Apertures of Microscope 

 Objectives," first quoting the following remarks of Mr. Wilson on 

 his original note, read at the November meeting,* viz. : — 



A. " Mr. Wilson said that Mr. Shadbolt appeared to have alto- 



* See vol. iii. (1880) p. 1091. 



