172 REPORTS FROM THE SECTIONS. 
SECTION D.—BOTANY. 
No report. 
SECTION E—MICROSCOPICAL SCIENCE. 
MONDAY, 7 APRIL, 1879. 
Tar preliminary ict for the session. The Rev. G. Martin 
was voted in the C 
The minutes of ay previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
A ballot was taken for the election of officers for the current 
session, with the following result :—Chairman : Rev. G. Marrry. 
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he : ORRIS, 
Messrs. H. G. A. Warrant, G. D. egg and W. MacDonneLL. 
It was decided to hold the meetings, as in the past session, on 
the evenings of re second Monday in pea month. 
MONDAY, 138 MAY, 1879. 
The Rev. G. Martin in _ Chair. 
, c ans. sect. inte 
of magpie, section of kidney oe a child two months aid) 
section of nose of Australian native cat, aes section of medici- 
nal leech, and a slide of various insect s 
Mr. H. Suarp exhibited a ik eaiinay ‘turntable furnished 
agen a wheel and pinion gearing of his own construe 
-MacDonnetn exhibited a —— of the medicinal 
aah ‘showing tee .; Mr. G. D. Hrasz, larva o f Myrmeleon 
Mr. Mantis, stnaapanct of marine aap Mr. PEpLEr, @ 
section ot the tongue of Oyclodus gigas, stained with 
MONDAY, 9 JUNE, 1879. 
The Rey. G. Marrrn in the Chair. 
Mr. H. A. Gruriar presented five ew as follows:— 
eee ——— from South Reef; Polyzoa, Port Jack- 
; Che chartarum ; scales of Lepisma saccharina ; and 
fickle of Tethya (sponge). 
Mr. W. MacDonnett called the attention of the meeting to 
a new mineral dil for al ag iontins purposes, which had been 
mat tured supervision, and ed 
3 ‘Euphaneron.” This oil arae with a singularly white and 
admired. 
Mr. G. D. Hirst read “Some Notes upon some Objectives 
recently manufactured by Carl Zeiss of Jena. » At the cod 
his paper t practically illustrated the resolving 
