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PKOCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Meeting of 9th October, 1889, at King's College, Strand, W.C, 

 THE President (Dr. C. T, Hudson, F.E.S.) in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the meeting of 12th June last were read and con- 

 firmed, 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. 



Braithwaite, R., The British Mo-s Flora. Pt. xii. pp. 57-184, From 



7 pis. (8vo, London, 18S9) The Author. 



Cooke, M. C, Toilers in the Sea. viii. and 373 pp., 4 pis., andf ^^^^ Society for 



70 figs. (8 vo, London, 1889) i Promoting Christian 



[ Knowledge, 



Deby, J., Bibliothrca Debyana. Catalogue of Books in the 

 Library of J. Deby, M.E., F.R.M.S., vol. i., 151 pp. (8vo, 

 London, 1889) The Author. 



Hudson, C. T., and P. H. Gosse. The Rotifera or Wheel-ani- 

 malcules, Supplement, vi. and 64 pp. and 4 pis. (8vo, 

 London, 1889) Messrs. Lonjinmi. 



Matthews, C. G., and F. E. Lott. The Microscope in the 

 Brewery and Malt House, xxi. and 19S pj)., 22 pis. and 

 30 figs. (.8vo, London and Derby, 1889) The Authors. 



The President said, with reference to the ' Supplement,' that the 

 original notion of Mr. Gosse and himself was to have made their book 

 on the Kotifera complete ; but whilst it was in progress of publication 

 so much was done, and so many new species were added by Mr. Gosse, 

 that they found it was not possible to include all, and the foreign 

 Eotifera had also to be put on one side. Later on, when he had the 

 foreign sj^ecies under consideration, he began to be afraid that they 

 would have to be permanently left out ; but he found that their own 

 list contained so many foreign forms, that it was eventually possible to 

 include the others, and although this part had been done briefly, it had, 

 he believed, been done completely, so that the ' Supplement ' included 

 everything which was not contained in the original work. 



Mr. Crisp called attention to the confusion in ' The Microscope in 

 the Brewery ' in connection with working distance and magnifying 

 power. He also called attention to the publication of Part 12 of 

 Dr. Braithwaite's ' British Moss Flora,' which came fully up in point 

 of excellence to those which had preceded it. 



Mr. Crisp said he had to trouble the meeting with a personal matter 

 and that was to announce that he was obliged to retire from the 

 Secretaryship of the Society, and from the conduct of the Journal. The 

 Council had been aware for some years that his continuance in office 

 was contingent upon certain business arrangements, and though that 

 contingency had happily been long deferred, it had now taken effect, 



