The Presidenfs Address. 
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The following table shows the additions to each class of objects, 
and the number now in the Cabinet: 
3 X '60. 
Added. 
11 xij,'61. 
21 
1 
22 
43 
— 
43 
9 
— 
9 
48 
48 
20 
20 
104 
— 
104 
96 
96 
325 
73 
398 
22 
2 
24 . 
19 
19 
17 
14 
31 
28 
11 
39 
27 
2 
29 
779 
103 
882 
A. Entire animals .... 
B. Cuticular appendages 
c. Injected preparations 
D. Animal tissues, not included in the above 
E. Desmidiae and other Algse . 
p. Yegetable tissues and portions of vegetables 
G. Sections of hard and soft tissues (animal 
vegetable and mineral) . 
H. Infusoria, recent and fossil 
I. Polythalamia and calcareous remains . 
J. Spicules and gemmules of sponge, &c. 
K. Polypidoms of zoophytes, &c. 
L. Crystals and chemical preparations 
M. Micrometry, photography, &c. . 
Total .... 
Ellis G. Lobb. 
U. J. Farrants. 
The President then delivered the following address : 
The President's Address /or the year 1862. 
By E. J. Farrants_, Esq. 
Gentlemen^ — Following the usage of former years^ I 
proceed to address to you some remarks on the state and 
prospects of the Society. 
The Microscopical Society of London was established in 
1840j thiS; therefore^ is its twenty-second anniversary. 
Finances. — The Report of the Auditors which has been 
read has made you acquainted with the state of our funds. 
To that report I have little to add. Our expenses have been 
covered by our receipts ; we have no debts^ and there is a 
balance in the hands of the treasurer^ besides the funded 
property derived from the investment of the compositions of 
life members. 
There are some items of expenditure which challenge at- 
tention_, and may require explanation ; I refer to the large 
sums paid for ' Transactions and Journal/ and for ' delivering 
