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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
Mr. Sorby said that the Society had done him the honour to elect 
him as one of its Vice-Presidents, but he feared that owing to circum- 
stances he should be unavoidably prevented from attending the 
meetings. The Geological Society had elected him as their President 
for two years, and it unfortunately happened that the meetings of the 
two Societies almost always took place on the same evening, so that 
ho hoped it would be understood that his absence from their Society 
was not owing to want of interest in their proceedings, but merely 
because it was impossible for him to be in two places at the same time. 
Mr. Slack said they all appreciated so highly the services of 
Mr. Sorby, that they should certainly regret his absence ; but as it was 
not possible for him to come himself, he could do the next best thing, 
and that was sometimes send them a paper. 
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Bulletin de la Societe' Botanique de France Ditto. 
American Journal of Microscopy Editor. 
Journal of the Quekett Club. No. 35 Club. 
The Mineralogical Magazine. No. 7 Society. 
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les Niveaux. Par G. van der Mensbrugghe, 1877 Author. 
Bulletin de la Socie'te Beige de Microscope. Two parts Society. 
Smithsonian Report for 1876 Institution. 
Catalogue of the Diatomaceae, with reference to the various pub- 
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Studi Sidle Diatomee, Del Conte Abate Francesco Castracane .. Ditto. 
Popular Science Review. No. 5 Publisher. 
Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists' Society, 1877 Society. 
Transactions of the Watford Natural History Society. Three parts Ditto. 
The Progress and Resources of New South Wales. By ChdiQ.\Royal Society., 
Robinson / N.S. W. 
Journal of the Royal Society, N.S.W Ditto. 
Annual Report of the Department of Mines, N. S. Wales. Two 
parts Ditto. 
Sale Catalogue of the Books on Natural History of Sir Joseph 
Banks. By Jona Dryander. 4 vols Ditto. 
Grundriss der Versteinerungskunde. Von Hanns Bruno Geinitz .. Ditto. 
Opera Omnia. By Francis Bacon Ditto. 
Natural History Review. 3 vols Ditto. 
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Mr. Philip B. Mason was elected a Fellow of the Society. 
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