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siderable time ago. The first part was now nearly complete, and if funds 
were forthcoming it might be in the hands of the public in six months. The 
Society was unhappily, as they all knew, by no means wealthy'; the Council 
had therefore determined to raise the fund mentioned in the resolution in 
order to meet the expense of publishing the first part of the work. He might 
say, however, that only a small portion of the sum mentioned would in all 
probability be required, and he therefore trusted that the members would 
come forward and subscribe liberally towards it. The" money could not 
possibly be lost, for the book would be certain to sell well, and the guarantors 
would be paid out of the profits of the sale. Failing that even, there were 
the funds of the Society, which, although not at present very flourishing, 
would undoubtedly shortly greatly improve, and would ere long be amply 
sufficient to repay any amounts drawn from the Guarantee Fund, and also to 
pay for the publication of the book. 
The resolution was then proposed by Mr. S. Derham, seconded by Mr. 
Blackmore, and carried unanimously. 
Mr. Leipker then said, he had also to announce that the Council had, at 
their last meeting, passed a resolution which it would be for the members 
present to confirm, it was — " That the Council consider it advisable that the 
Proceedings of the Society should be published quarterly, instead of monthly 
as heretofore.. 
This new arrangement was, he said, advisable for two reasons. I. — That 
at present the officers were much pressed for time, and consequently that in 
the hurry of going to press, errors crept into the publication which would be 
avoided by the new scheme, and : II. — That there would be a considerable 
saving of expense, which, in the present state of the Society's funds, 
would be very important. These reasons were, he thought, quite sufficient 
to induce the Society to endorse the opinion of the Council. 
The resolution was then put from the Chair, and unanimously confirmed. 
Dr. C. T. Hudson then made a communication to the Society on "A winter 
gathering of Rotifers. 1 ' He said : — 
" I had long been under the impression that during the winter months of 
