450 
The value of the labour expended in working these 
materials into handles or scales is very various, — in some 
instances, as in pressed handles, it is greater than that of the 
raw material; in others, as in plain ivory handles, it is much 
less. 
The last communication for the meeting was a verbal 
description by Mr. Ward, of the " Collodio-Albumen Pho- 
tographic process, as applicable for copying Mechanical and 
Scientific Objects." It was announced that the next 
quarterly meeting would be held in Sheffield, early in 
March, 1856. 
