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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
MEETING 
Held on tiie 21st December, 1898, at 20 Hanover Square, W., 
The President (E. M. Nelson, Esq.) in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the Meeting of 16 tli November last were read and 
confirmed, and were signed by the President. 
In accordance with notice given at the preceding meeting, the Presi- 
dent then declared the meeting to be made special for the purpose of 
suspending Bye-law No. 36. As explained at the November meeting, 
the Council had requested him to accept the office for the third year, 
and the suspension of this bye-law became necessary in order to enable 
him to do so. 
The motion “ that Bye-law No. 36 be suspended in accordance with 
the notice given,” was then put from the chair and unanimously carried. 
The President having declared the Special Meeting at an end, the 
business of the Ordinary Meeting was thereupon resumed. 
The List of Donations to the Society, exclusive of exchanges and 
reprints, received since the last meeting, was read, and the thanks of the 
meeting were voted to the donors. 
From 
A Mahogany Box to contain the Marzoli Objective .. 
Leaflets 50 to 53 issued by the Boaid of Agriculture .. 
Annual Keport of the Local Government Board, 1897-98. 
(8vo, London, 1898) 
Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 1897. 
(8 vo, Indianapolis, 1898) 
Transactions of the Ottawa Literary and Scientific Society, 
No. 1, 1897-98. (8vo, Ottawa, 1898) 
/ An Anonymous 
( Donor. 
j The Board of 
\ Agriculture. 
1 The Local Government 
f Board. 
\ The Indiana Academy 
) of Science. 
\ The Ottawa Literary 
) and Scientific Society. 
The Secretary called special attention to a beautifully made small 
box, anonymously given to the Society, and bearing the following in- 
scription : — 
An Achromatic Microscope 
Objective made in 1811 by 
Bernardino Marzoli. 
Presented by Messrs. Trainini 
Broth 8 ', May 1890. 
See Journal B.M.S., 1890, page 420. 
The President called attention to three exhibits. The first was a 
new lens by Zeiss, called a Plankton Searcher,* a water-immersion 
See this Journal, 18)8, p. 678. 
