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simply shutting out rays more or less diffused. The little bit of a 
' fixing ' constitutes, with the mirror, all the ' sub-stage apparatus ' I 
have any use for." 
American Microscopical Society. — At the annual meeting of the 
American Microscopical Society the following officers were appointed 
for the ensuing year : President, John B. Eich, M.D. ; Vice-President, 
W. H. Atkinson, M.D. ; Secretary, C. F. Cox ; Treasurer, Prof. T. L. 
Orenieu; Curator, William Dean. 
The French Exploring Expedition. — We learn that an exploring 
expedition will shortly leave Marseilles to make researches into the 
depths and animal organizations of the Mediterranean. Soundings 
and dredgings similar to those made by the ' Challenger ' will be 
made by a steamer specially provided with microscopes, photographic 
apparatus, and means for preserving new or rare specimens of marine 
zoology. 
An American Postal Micro-cabinet Club. — A club for the circula- 
tion and critical study of microscopic objects has been formed, its 
design and methods conforming mainly to those of the English club. 
The following rules have been prepared for the use of the organiza- 
tion, and Eev. A. B. Hervey, No. 10, North Second Street, Troy, N.Y., 
has consented to act as secretary until the first regular election of 
officers. Applications for membership may be made to him. 
Bules of the American Postal Micro-cabinet Club. 
1. This club shall be called the American Postal Micro-cabinet 
club. 
2. Its object shall be the circulation, study, and discussion of 
microscopic objects. 
3. Eeliable persons accustomed to work with the microscope, and 
able to contribute to the usefulness of the club by sending good 
objects for examination, shall be eligible to membership. 
4. Applications for membership may be made to the secretary, 
and should be accompanied by reference to some person, preferably a 
member of the club or a well-known microscopist, who is acquainted 
with the applicant. 
5. Names of applicants known to be eligible shall be submitted to 
vote by the secretary, who shall send them around through the circuits 
in the letter packages. A four-fifths vote of all the members shall be 
necessary to election. 
6. Members elect shall be notified of their election as soon as they 
can be placed in any circuit, either by the formation of new circuits 
or by filling vacancies in old ones. They shall then, and during the 
first week of every January thereafter during their continuance in the 
club, send to the secretary, as annual dues, the sum of fifty cents. If 
this subscription should prove insufficient to defray the expenses of 
the club, the secretary, with the approval of the President and 
managers, may give notice of an increase to any required sum not 
exceeding one dollar per year. 
