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secretary in the place of Mr. Mottram, who resigned, and he 
discharged the duties of that oflicc till 1884. 
John Brooks Bridgman, eldest son of W. K. Bridgman, was 
your President, 1875 — 1870. He has contributed to your lists of 
Norfolk Fauna, and furnished you with many papers and notes. 
He has recently given his collection of Hymenoptera and of the 
literature of the subject to the Norwich Museum. 
The monthly meetings continued to be held with regularity, but 
death was busy amongst the original members, and by the year 187'.) 
most of them had passed away. 
In 1881 the removal of Mr. Kitton from Norwich was greatly 
felt, as ho had, in conjunction with Mr. Geldart, been constantly 
in receipt of various objects of interest from his numerous 
correspondents, which he never failed to bring to the notice of the 
meetings. 
The Naturalists’ and Geological Societies and the Science Gossip 
Club and various other interests had claims on the time of the 
members, and thus it came to pass that in April, 1884, it was finally 
determined to wind up the Society. The slides were distributed 
amongst the existing members, and the instrument was for some 
years in the caro of Mr. Kitton, but at the present time it, with 
its accessories and the spectroscope are in the hands of Messrs. 
Mottram, Geldart, and Bridgman, and would bo available for any 
new society which might, phoenix-like, arise. 
That such a time may in some way come seems not improbable, 
and to no one would it be more welcome than to the writer. 
As the Society did not publish, it leaves no printed record, but 
the papers of its members to other bodies show much useful work, 
and in the general life of our city the names of those connected 
with the Norfolk and Norwich Microscopical Society will remain 
with untarnished lustre. 
