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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECTIONS. 



(IN ABSTRACT.) 



MICROSCOPICAL SECTION. 



Preliminary Meeting held APRIL IS, 1887, 

 Mr. P. R. Pedley in the Chair. 



Votes of thanks were proposed and seconded to Mr. P. R. Pedley, 

 the retiring Chairman, and Mr. F. B. Kyngdon the retiring- 

 Secretary. The following gentlemen were elected office-bearers, 

 for the ensuing session : — Chairman : Mr. F. B. Kyngdon. 

 Secretary : Mr. P. J. Edmunds. Committee : Dr. Wright, Dr. 

 Sinclair, Mr. G. D. Hirst, and Mr. S. Macdonnell. It was decided 

 to continue to hold the meetings of the Section on the evenings of 

 the second Monday in each month. 



MAY 9, 1887. 



Mr. F. B. Kyngdon in the Chair. 



Mr. McDonnell exhibited a new form of live cell or zoophyte 

 trough, made by Dunning. This cell, being only about a millimetre 

 in depth, is useful for work with high power objectives. 



Dr. Sinclair exhibited the following slides : — (1) A specimen of 

 Filaria Sanguinis hominis, the supposed cause of Elephantiasis. 

 (2) Stinging cells from the tentacle of the " Portuguese Man of 

 War," (Physalia Pelagica). (3) A specimen of Globigcrina Ooze 

 obtained from an Atlantic sounding of 422 fathoms. A discussion 

 followed upon the first of these objects. 



JUNE 13, 1887. 

 Mr. F. B. Kyngdon in the Chair. 



Mr. Macdonnell presented Negretti and Zambra's new catalogue. 



Mr. Whitelegge exhibited under the microscope 7 species of 

 Hydroid Zoophytes obtained from Laminarian sea-weed cast upon 

 Coogee and Bondi beaches after a gale. 



