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MICEOSCOPICAL AND NATUEAL HISTOEY SECTION. 
Annual Meeting, April 12th, 188G. 
Alfeed Brothers, F.B.A.S., in the Chair. 
Annual Report of the Council of the Section. 
There have been eight meetings of the Section during 
the past session, at which the attendance has been satis- 
factory. During the same period six meetings of the 
Council, and three of the furnishing Committee of that 
body, have been held. 
In presenting their 28th Annual Deport, the Council of 
the Section has to congratulate the members and asso- 
ciates on a marked increase in the interesting character of, 
and the attendance at the meetings, and on a considerable 
addition to the membership roll. 
In great measure this improvement msij be attributed to 
the increased accommodation now at the disposal of the 
Section, the apartment now called the Natural History 
room has been allotted to the Section for the accommodation 
of the microscopes, and of that portion of the Society’s 
library more particularly relating to the Science of Natural 
History. In furnishing this room the Section has been at 
considemble expense, and it is confidently hoped that the 
new arrangement will be the means of furthering, in a 
marked degree, the objects which the Section desires to 
promote, namely, the systematic study of Nature, and the 
preservation of a record of the scientific work achieved by 
the members and associates. 
Having regard to the extra facilities for study now at 
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