april — sept. 1859.] Proceedings. 



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At the ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Photographic Socie- 

 ty, held at the School of Arts, on the 4th July, 1859. 



The report of the Committee appointed to adjudicate the Me- 

 dals to be given to the successful competitors at the late Exhibi- 

 tion was read and approved of, and it was further resolved that it 

 should be printed for distribution to all members of the Society. 

 The Committee consisted of the following gentlemen : — 



W. E. Underwood, Esq., President. 



Colonel McCally, 

 Messrs. Cole, 



„ Nicholas, and 



,, Scott. 



The Medals were awarded as follows : — 

 A gold medal for views and landscapes, open to all Amateur 

 Members of the Society — 



To Captain Girdlestone, 11th Regiment N. I. 



A silver medal for views and landscapes, open to all Members 

 of the Society — 



To Captain L. Tripe, 12th Regiment N. I. 



A silver medal for views and landscapes, open to all Photo- 

 graphers — 



To Mr. Williamson, of Calcutta. 

 A silver medal for portraits open to all Photographers — 

 To Lieutenant PL C. Macdonald, 35th Regiment N. I. 

 In addition to the above, the Committee recommended that spe- 

 cial silver medals should be awarded. 



For Micro-photographs. — To Lieutenant J. Mitchell. 

 For Stereograms. — To W. Pearl, Esq. 

 It was resolved, that the recommendation of the Committee 

 should be confirmed. 



Lieutenant Mitchell read a most interesting communication, giv- 

 ing a history of the rise and progress of Micro-photography, with 

 a full detail of his own method of manipulating. It was resolved 

 that this valuable paper should be printed in an Appendix to the 

 Report. 



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