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I)ublisli its own ‘ Transactions,’ and tlie Council fully hoped that 
they might be able not only to do this, but also to give a good deal 
of other valuable matter relating to microscopical science. 
The President then delivered his Annual Address to the Society. 
Mr. Charles Brooke begged to propose a vote of thanks to tho 
President for the very able Address which they had heard read. It 
was quite clear that in opening up an entirely new brauch of micro- 
scopical research, it could only be done in outline ; but so far as he 
could judge, the paper opened out many very important and valuable 
considerations, which were well worthy of their attention. Ho would 
add to the terms of the proposition the request that the President 
would allow the Address to be printed and circulated with the 
Peport in the usual way. 
Mr. James Glaisher had great pleasure in seconding the motion. 
He had listened with much interest to the Address, which was full of 
facts new to him, and, as the subject itself was a new one, he regarded 
it as one eminently fitted to be brought before the Society upon an 
occasion like that. 
The motion was then put to the meeting by Mr. Charles Brooke, 
and carried unanimously. 
The President said he felt much obliged to the Fellows for the 
kind manner in which they had received his Address; he feared, 
however, that he had hardly been able to do justice to the subject, 
though he had at least proved that it was far more extensive than 
might at first be supposed. 
Mr. Glaisher then read the following list of gentlemen who had 
been elected as Officers and Council for the ensuing year ; 
President — *Henry J. Slack, F.G.S. 
Vice-Presidents — Lionel Smith Beale, M.B. ; ^Charles Thomas 
Hudson, LL.D. ; Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P. ; and Hlenry C. 
Sorby, F.R.S. 
Treasurer — John Ware Stephenson, Esq. 
Secretaries — Charles Stewart, M.K.C.S. ; and *Frank Crisp, LL.B., 
B.A. 
Council — *John Badcock, Esq.; William A. Bevington, Esq.; 
Robert Braitliwaite, M.D. ; Charles Brooke, M.A., F.R.S. ; ^Charles 
James Fox, Esq. ; * William J. Gray, M.D. ; Emanuel Wilkins 
Jones, Esq.; *John Matthews, M.D. ; Samuel John Mclntire, Esq ; 
John Millar, L.R.C.P.E. ; Thomas Palmer, B Sc. ; and Frederic H. 
Ward, M.R.C.S. 
On the motion of Mr. Sorby, the thanks of the meeting were 
voted to the scrutineers for their services. 
Mr. H. J. Slack having taken the chair, said that he was one of 
those who regretted that the office of President had not fallen upon 
a more worthy occupant, but he could only thank them for the 
honour which they had done him, and say that if anything could be 
done by him to advance the interests of the Society, it should not 
be wanting. He would just mention that at their next meeting it 
was proposed to revert to their old practice of a cup of tea. 
* Those with an asterisk before their names were proposed as new members. 
