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and lie hoped that opticians who brought instruments to the Society 
would not ask them as a Society to pronounce opinions either in praise 
or blame. Such matters could only be properly dealt with by the 
Fellows in their individual capacity, and the Society must not engage 
collectively to hold the balance steadily and weigh the merits of the 
various commercial interests involved in bringing new Microscopes to 
the notice of the public. Those Fellows who had had special experience 
in examining and testing Microscopes and Microscopical apparatus must 
be left to use their own discretion as to what they commended to the notice 
of the Society, and provided the principle laid down by Dr. Dallinger 
were kept in view — that the criticism was wholly and sincerely on the 
merits of the subject — the result must be to forward the best interests of 
microscopy and of the Society. As to what might be done in future cases, 
he trusted the principle advocated by Dr. Dallinger would be always 
maintained. 
Mr. T. D. Aldous exhibited the eggs of a water-snail which were 
attacked by a hexapod parasite which seemed to be destroying the 
gelatinous matter to get at the eggs. 
The President announced that the next meeting of the Society would 
be held on 21st October. 
The following Instruments, Objects, &c., were exhibited 
Mr. T. D. Aldous : — Eggs of Water-snail. 
Mr. T. Comber : — Negative of Amphipleura pellucida. 
Mr. C. L. Curties: — Nelson’s apparatus for producing monochromatic 
illumination for the Microscope. 
Mr. T. T. Johnson : — New form of Student’s Microscope. 
Dr. G. H. F. Nuttall : — A slide containing Tubercle Bacilli. 
Dr. J. E. Talmage : — Slides of Artemia fertilis and Calcareous Sand. 
Mr. B. W. Thomas : — Photographs of Diatoms. 
New Fellows: — The following were elected Ordinary Fellows: — 
Messrs. John Hunt, Lemuel Benjamin Lilley, Charles Henry Southwell, 
Edwin Terry, and Miss Ida Agnes Sharpe. Honorary Fellow: — Prof. 
Thomas Henry Huxley, F.R.S. Ex-officio Fellow : — The President of 
the Scottish Microscopical Society. 
