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The Society then adjourned to a soiree, at which about 350 
persons were present. 
March 4th, 1857. 
George Shadbolt_, Esq._, President, in the chair. 
H. Morley, Esq., 4, Frederick Villas, East Brixton; W- 
A. Lloyd, Esq., 19 and 20, Portland Road, Regent's Park, 
were balloted for, and duly elected members of the Society. 
Dr. Harley read a paper On the Skin of the Frog." 
('Trans.,' p. 148.) 
Mr. Busk gave an abstract of a paper by Mr. Beardsley, ''On 
a Deposit from a Lake in Cumberland." (' Trans.,' p. 146.) 
April im, 1857. 
George Shadbolt, Esq., President, in the chair. 
Dr. E. H. Vinen, 6, Chepstow Villas West ; W. J. Sar- 
genson, Esq., 5, Pall Mall, were balloted for, and duly elected 
members of the Society. 
A paper, by H. Dean, Esq., " On a Parasitic Fungus," 
was read. ('Trans.,^ p. 160.) 
Mr. Ward made some observations on Mosses, and ex- 
hibited and described a large collection of those plants. 
May 13th, 1857. 
George Shadbolt, Esq., President, in the chair. 
R. Wilson, Esq., 80, Old Broad Street ; J. E. Elliott, Esq., 
4, Martin's Lane, Cannon Street; D. Scannell, Esq., Chapel 
Street, Grosvenor Place ; John Miller, Esq., 36, Jermyn 
Street; Dr. M'Kinlay, Paisley, were balloted for, and duly 
elected members of the Society. 
Dr. Farre read a paper on the early state of the Human 
Embryo. ('Trans.,' p. 161.) 
Mr. Jackson exhibited and described a new form of 
Microscope. 
June 10th, 1857. 
George Shadbolt, Esq., President, in the chair. 
R. Farmer, Esq., 6, Manor Road, Upper HoUoway, was 
balloted for, and duly elected a member of the Society. 
A paper, by George Blenkins, Esq., " On a Human Ovum," 
was read. 
A paper, by Dr. Donkin, " On a new species of Filamen- 
tous Diatom new to Britain," was read. 
A Report from the Sub-Committee " On the best form of 
Universal Attachment of the Object- Glass," was read. 
The meetings were then adjourned until October. 
