TEANS ACTIONS. 
MICEOSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
Report of Council. 
According to custom the Council have to make their 
annual report on the progress and state of the Society during 
the past year. 
The number of members reported at the last anniversary 
was 317. During the past year 31 members have been 
elected^ making a total of 348. This^ however^ must be re- 
duced by 11 resigned^ making a final total of 337. It is with 
much satisfaction the Council have to state that no deaths 
have been reported during the past year. 
The reports of the auditors_, and of the library^ the cabinet^ 
and instrument committees_, will give the necessary informa- 
tion as regards the finances^ the additions to the library and 
cabinet^ and the state of the instruments at present belonging 
to the Society. 
The Journal has as usual been published regularly^ and 
circulated among the members. 
Report of Committee for investigating the condition and 
performance of the Society's Microscopes. 
We have to state that the object-glasses belonging to the 
Society are all in serviceable condition^ and the best of their 
date. Their performance is equally creditable to their respec- 
tive makers. But as such improvements have since been made 
that they must be considered inferior to what most of the 
members are now in the habit of employing — these improve- 
ments consisting of increased aperture^ more perfect flatness 
VOL. XI. C 
