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Council (if possible annually) to such member of the Society who, in 
the opinion of the Council, has best promoted the interest of Micro- 
scopical Science ; " but the Council have considerately stored it away 
for some other purpose. If they were to revive the subject, we should 
all put in our claims with such daring ambition, the Council might be 
forced to award the medal alphabetically, according to seniority, — or, 
perchance, have it scrambled for : the justice of the award would 
probably be as likely to satisfy us one way as another. 
Your obedient servant, 
F.R.M.S. 
PEOCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
QuEKETT Microscopical Club. 
Annual Meeting, July 23,— Dr. John Matthews, F.R.M.S., Pre» 
sident, in the chair. 
The Tenth Annual Eeport of the Committee was read, giving a 
very favourable account of the progress of the club during the year, 
which was fully borne out by the details entered into. 
The President read the Annual Address, in the course of which, 
after reading the prospectus of the original constitution of the club, 
he jjroceeded to consider how far the intentions of its founders had 
been carried out. After a rapid review of the nature and motives of 
their work, and of the eminently social character of their meetings, 
he deprecated the supposed necessity for original research on the 
part of a society composed principally of amateurs and students, 
maintaining that the best thing they could do v/as to make themselves 
well acquainted — before all — with the labours of their predecessors 
and others, taking nothing for granted until personally verified as far 
as possible. That, he considered, was the nature of real scientific 
training. Adverting to the Eeports of the Committee and Treasurer, 
he congratulated the members on the prosperous state of the Society, 
numerically, financially, and scientifically ; and concluded with the 
inference that the Society had amply fulfilled the intentions of its 
founders. 
The elections then took place for of&cers and members of com- 
mittee. Dr. Matthews was re-elected President for the ensuing 
year. 
Dr. Lionel S. Beale, F.E.S., &c., a past President of the club, 
was balloted for and unanimously elected an honorary member. 
Votes of thanks to the President and officers were passed, also 
one of a very cordial character to the Council of University College, 
for the continuation of their permission to hold the meetings in the 
College library, a favour which had been accorded to the club from 
an early period of its existence. 
