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slides under various powers, using objectives from 2J in. to Reichert’s 
1/6 in., giving amplifications on the screen from about X £60 to X 
occasionally 6000. 
At the conclusion of his exhibition Mr. Wright expressed a hope 
that, although unable to show what could really be done under high 
powers with the electric light, he had yet . demonstrated that the instru- 
ment was capable of showing all that was necessary for the purposes of 
class room instruction. 
The President was sure the Fellows of the Society would agree with 
him that they were greatly indebted to Mr. Wright for giving this very 
excellent demonstration. He had certainly shown what the capabilities 
of the lantern Microscope now were as compared with the best results 
obtained fourteen years ago. He had great pleasure in proposing a very 
hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Wright for the great trouble he had taken 
in bringing his apparatus to show them. 
The thanks of the Meeting were unanimously voted. 
The Secretary said they had received another paper from Mr. Millett, 
being Part Y. of his series on the Foraminifera of the Malay Archipelago. 
Like those which had preceded it, this paper was too technical to be read 
to the Meeting, he therefore proposed that it be taken as read, and it 
would be printed in the Journal with the illustrations. There was also a 
paper by the President “ On Coarse- Adjustment Rack work,” which would 
likewise be taken as read owing to the lateness of the hour. 
The President said he wished to draw attention to the excellence of 
the shows which they had recently been having at the Meetings of the 
Society as compared with those which were possible fifty years ago. An 
old, and formerly very active Fellow of the Society, to whom he was 
mentioning the matter, gave him some idea of what used to be done in 
those days, and amongst other things told him that at one of their soirees 
he had removed the object from the stage in order to replace it by 
another, and a lady during the interval had looked through the instru- 
ment, and called another to come and see how lovely it was, remarking 
that it was just like the full moon ! 
It was announced that at the next Meeting a paper would be read by 
Hr. Lionel S. Beale, F.R.S., on the Bioplasm of man and the higher 
animals, and its influence on tissue-formation, action, and metabolism. 
The following Instruments, Objects, &c., were exhibited: — 
The Society : — An old Microscope by W ilson. 
Mr. C. Curties (C. Baker) : — A Microscope by Chas. Chevalier. 
Mr. C. F. Rousselet : — A mounted specimen of Trochosphsera solsli- 
tialis . ' 
New Fellows : — The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary 
Fellows of the Society : — Mr. Fredk. Howard Collins, Mr. F. Gleadow, 
Mr. John Heaton, Mr. Archibald G. Kidston-Hunter, Hr. Chas. Fredk. 
Knight, Hr. Harry Morell, 
