328 PROCEEDINGS OP THE SOCIETY. 



Secretaries— Fra.uk Crisp, Esq., LL.B., B.A., V.P. & Treas. L.S. 

 Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A., F.Z.S. 



Twelve other Members of Council — A. W. Bennett, Esq., M.A., B.Sc. 

 F.L.S. ; *Kobert Braithwaite, Esq., M.D., M.E.C.S., F.L.S. ; *G. F 

 Dowdeswell, Esq., M.A. ; J. William Groves, Esq. ; John E. Ingpen 

 Esq. ; John Matthews, Esq., M.D. ; John Mayall, Esq., jun. ; Albert 

 D. Michael, Esq., F.L.S.; John Millar, Esq., L.E.C.P., F.L.S 

 *William Millar Ord, Esq., M.D.,F.E.C.P. ; *Urban Pritchard, Esq., 

 M.D. ; William Thomas Suffolk, Esq. 



Mr. Curties and Mr. Crouch having been appointed Scrutineers by 

 the President, the ballot was proceeded with, and the Scrutineers 

 having handed in their report of the result, the President declared 

 the Fellows who had been nominated to be duly elected as Officers 

 and Council for the ensuing year. 



The President then read his Address (see p. 173), in which he dealt 

 principally with low-power objectives, congratulating the Society upon 

 the great progress which had taken place since his first address in 

 the comprehension of the subject of aperture and in the use of the 

 numerical aperture notation. 



Dr. Anthony said that the pleasing duty devolved upon him of 

 returning thanks to the President for his address. He would also 

 add to this the thanks of the Society for his three years' services as 

 their President. He did not have the pleasure of personally hearing 

 the previous addresses, but he read them with charm in the Journal 

 (as he hoped to read the one they had just heard) ; indeed, the first one 

 he had not only read once but three times, and thought he might 

 say he had not done with it yet. He had that evening had the pleasure 

 of hearing some things which he knew before but which had been 

 placed in a new light ; but in addition to these there was much which 

 he did not know, and he might refer especially to the interest of the 

 remarks as to the Bacteria. He would venture also to recognize warmly 

 the admirable manner in which the President had met all with whom 

 he had come in contact, and his able conduct in the Chair. If he 

 might be allowed to use a simile, he might say that the versatility 

 of the President's qualifications reminded of the mighty power of a 

 Nasmyth's hammer, which while it was able to shape a ton of glowing 

 metal could nevertheless be made to crack a single nut. He had great 

 pleasure in proposing a vote of thanks to the President for the address 

 and for the able manner in which he had fulfilled the duties of his 

 office during the last three years. 



Mr. Crisp, in seconding the motion, said that in his experience 

 they never had a President who had given more attention to his duties 

 or who had been more ready to advance the Society's interests, whilst 

 at their meetings he was always ready to deal with whatever subject 

 might be before them, and to throw light upon it. 



* Have not held during the preceding year the office for which they are 

 nominated. 



