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and he rose to ask the Meeting to give to that gentleman the very 

 warmest possible vote of thanks for the eminently 'valuable services 

 which he had rendered to the Society. They all knew his readiness 

 to assist at their meetings, and how ably he had come forward at all 

 times to illustrate not only his own but the communications of other 

 Fellows, and in this and other ways had laid all the Fellows of the 

 Society under the greatest debt of gratitude to him. 



Mr. Beck seconded the motion as it had been his privilege ten 

 years ago to propose Mr. Stewart as Secretary, and most cordially 

 agreed with the mover of the vote of thanks as to the value of the 

 services which had been so efficiently rendered to the Society. 



The President, having put the vote to the Meeting and declared it 

 to be carried by acclamation, said that he could only express his 

 entire concurrence with the terms of the resolution and his personal 

 regret that they were about to lose Mr. Stewart's companionship. 

 He hoped, however, that it would be found that Mr. Stewart's engage- 

 ments would not prevent him on some future occasion from accepting 

 some other office in connection with the Society. 



Mr. Stewart in acknowledgment said he could only thank the 

 Fellows for the very hearty way in which they had acknowledged his 

 efforts to serve them, having, however, a strong sense of his own 

 shortcomings, so that he could hardly recognize the description 

 given by the mover of the resolution as applying to himself. 



The President then read his Address (see p. 172). 



Mr. Michael said he felt it was hardly necessary for him to ask 

 the Meeting to join in a cordial vote of thanks to the President for 

 the useful address to which they had just been listening, reminding 

 them of many points which they were apt to let slip from their 

 memories. 



Dr. Millar having seconded the motion, it was put to the Meeting 

 and carried unanimously. 



Mr. Crisp moved a vote of thanks to the Auditors and Scrutineers, 

 which being duly seconded, was put to the Meeting and carried 

 unanimously. 



Mr. Beck, in retui-ning thanks, said he could not sit down without 

 alluding to the loss which had been sustained by science in the death 

 of Professor Balfour, whom their Society was honoured by counting 

 as one of their Vice-Presidents, and whose memory would not for a 

 long time fade away. 



Mr. Creese exhibited a new turntable, which was described by 

 Mr. Stewart (see p. 308). 



Mr. John Mayall, jun., called attention to the fact that Dr. Zeiss 

 had adapted the correction-collar to his homogeneous-immersion 

 objectives, the first of which class he exhibited. The correction was 

 not, however, so much intended to correct the effect of the cover-glass 



