332 PBOOBEDINGS OP THE SOCIETY. 



Meeting of 12th Mabch, 1884, at King's College, Strand, W.C, 

 The Peesident (The Eev. W. H. Dallingee, F.E.S.) in the 

 Chaie. 



Mr. Glaisher said lie had great pleasure tliat evening in intro- 

 ducing to the Fellows their new President, the Eev. W. H. Dallinger, 

 F.E.S., whose name was so familiar to most of them, and whose work 

 in a difficult branch of microscopical research was so well known. He 

 begged therefore, on behalf of the Fellows of the Society, to offer a 

 most hearty welcome to Mr. Dallinger, on the occasion of his taking 

 his seat in the Presidential chair for the first time. 



The Eev. W. H. Dallinger (who on rising was received with 

 cheers) said that it was with very considerable pleasure that he 

 occupied that evening the honourable position to which they had 

 elected him, and he thanked them sincerely for the kind manner in 

 which they had received the remarks of Mr. Glaisher. In coming 

 amongst them as their President, he confessed to feeling a certain 

 amount of trepidation, which arose in part from the newness of the 

 position to which he had been elected, partly from the fact of his but 

 slight personal acquaintance with so many of the Fellows of the 

 Society (although he was well acquainted with many by name), but 

 chiefly from the consciousness that he was succeeding a President who 

 was in so many ways better qualified to fill the position, and whose 

 admirable conduct as their President during the past three years was 

 so well known and so cordially acknowledged by all. As they were 

 no doubt aware, his own work with the Microscope had been special 

 rather than general ; he might say that he had taken a small corner 

 of a very large field and had endeavoured to work it thoroughly. 

 Whilst, however, endeavouring to become more or less master of the 

 special point which he had made his study, he had not allowed any- 

 thing of importance which concerned microscopy to 'escape notice, 

 though doubtless there were many points to which he had not devoted 

 particular attention. Although, therefore, it was possible that he 

 might not be very pronounced on some points, his interest in the 

 Microscope was of the deepest kind, and his strong desire was that 

 the instrument, whether used by the youngest student or by the ad- 

 vanced observer, should be scientifically employed, and that every 

 effort should be made to render it more than ever a means of pro- 

 moting true research. 



The Minutes of the meeting of 13th 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. 



From 

 7 vols, of the publications of the Palseontographical Society Mr. Crisp. 



2 Slides of Sticklebacks Mr. J. Norman, jun. 



