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of the objectives referred to, viz., an oil immersion 3th, 
water immersion G of a new construction, on some difficult 
Fry extibited sections of fungi, and Mr. Marry sections 
limestone. s 
MONDAY, 14 JULY, 1879. 
The Rey. G. Marrtn in the Chair. 
@. D. Hirst read an extract from a letter received from Mr. 
, commenting on the excellent performances of a yoth 
i Mr. Tolles o 
t exhibited ‘a piece of accessory apparatus in the form 
mechanical finger, which he had made and adapted to his 
wal exhibited some slides of local Diatomacee, viz., & 
of Actinocyclus and Coscinodiscus radiatus. 
Jt.0. gong exhibited the palate of aslug, and some 
r. Pepury a series of slides representing 
! lostomatous polyzoa of Port Jackson. 
MONDAY, 11 AUGUST, 1879. 
Mr. H: G. A. Werreur, M.R.C.S., in the — 
D. Hrrsr read a note on Eozoon cana the 
foraminifer of the Laurentian limestone wate and 
drawing of sections of the same 
oar sei a paper by Mr. H. Sha arp “Ona comparative 
cite’ Sy voth objective, with one of Zeiss’s 3th oil im- 
W. cDowyews, exhibited slides of scales and feathers. 
MONDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER, 1879. 
The Rev. G. Marri in the Chair. 
a exhibited preparations of carsin a and creatine, under 
ope. Mr. De Lissa exhibited several slides of plant 
MONDAY, 13 OCTOBER, 1879. 
The Rey. G. Marrtn in the Chair. 
‘D. Hirst exhibited a new and very effective tadpole 
B. Reap “so tag the proboscis of puree ng coe 
ay led the attention of the m eting 
on lens for Immersion sub-stage illum 
LEY eye tited escemene of ee. erm prepara- 
described t the pro 
