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r. TREBECK sought information respecting the green coloura- 
tion of some high class bricks, and the meeting agreed that it was 
not due to organic matter, but some inorganic sa alt. 
r. Wricut exhibited Stearns arrangement of Swan’s incan- 
ecens Electric Lamp for microscopical purposes, and a marked 
improvement in illumination was observ 
Messrs, Wurreteccr and Kynepon showed a new species of 
Floscularia, also Volvox globata from Waterloo marshes, and Mr. 
Fraser, a fresh-water gathering from Bon 
10 SEPTEMBER, 1833. 
Mr. G. D. Hrrst, in the Chair. 
Dr. Morris asked for a sep reat with regard to a fungus 
attacking the roots of vines in the Camden district, 
Mr. Hons exhibited a new species of diatom, Surirella, from 
New Caledonia; Mr. Pepiey, an injected section of the i on 
of a kitten, aay Aree by himself : Dr. Morris, Tolles’ new 4 hom 
geneous objective on Amphipleura fresvar x 300 diameters, als 
Powell and Lealand’s large stand microscope with their new w A 
angled condenser, also ‘Nelson’s new kerosene lamp, with | 
glass front to the metal chimney ; Mr. Kynepon, Zeiss’ 3's ie 
Imm. on a podura scale; Mr. SHarpe, Swift’s best Challenge 
Monocular Microscope, with Powell and Lealand’s new +x homo 
geneous objective of 116° Balsam angle; Mr. P. T. WEN, a 
visitor, showed slides of Foraminifera from Wollongong ; and Mr, 
Brinpiey, pink coral from the South Sea Islands. 
8 OCTOBER, 1883. 
Mr. G. D. Hirst in the Chair. 
Mr. Hy. Warts, of besa ites! Victoria, wrote, requesting 
C0-Operation in microscopical “ants s, by assisting to gfe a : 
arangement based upon e successful working 4 the Englis 
a? 4 ostal Microscopical Soc 
The 1” and : To lles ethnic seb gergre spores! purchased 
d; Mr. Pepiey, Moller’s Test Diatoms, mounted in 
monobromide of naphthaline, with Siebert’s y4s homogeneous 1m- 
‘Mersion ehjaotine Dr. Wricut, Tolles’ new +5 ame 
: objective, with podura scale and test diatoms; Mr. 
Kyyapow, simple Microtomes or s eoeonvauticig machines, | 
