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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
Meeting of 21st October, 1891, at 20, Hanover Square, W., 
the President (Dr. R. Braithwaite, F.L.S.) in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the meeting of 17th June last were read and con- 
firmed, and were signed by the President. 
The List of Donations (exclusive of exchanges and reprints) 
received since the last meeting was submitted, and the thanks of the 
Society given to the donors. 
From 
Bennett, A. W., An Introduction to the Study of Flowerless Plants. 
pp. ii. and 86, text illust. (8vo, London, 1891) The Author . 
De Toni, J. B., Sylloge Algarum, vol. ii. p. cxxxii. (8vo, Patavii, 
1891) The Author. 
A slide showing transverse sections of Cotton Mr. W. Hutchinson. 
Mills, F. W., Photography applied to the Microscope, pp. 61, text 
illust., 1 pi. (8vo, London, 1891) .. The Author. 
Vierteljahrschrift d. Nat. Gesell. Zurich, Bd. i.— ii., v.-ix., xi.-xvi., 
xviii.-xxiii., xxxiv.-xxxvi.) The Society. 
The Secretary said that the Fellows of the Society would probably 
remember that during the course of their last session a question arose 
as to the desirability of taking steps to register the Society as a Friendly 
Society, and that though several special meetings were held to consider 
the matter, no definite action was taken, and on December 17th, on the 
motion of Mr. J. M. Allen, seconded by the Rev. Canon Carr, it was 
resolved “ that this special meeting be adjourned sine die” The Council 
had again had the matter under their consideration, and had decided to 
make the next meeting of the Society special for the purpose of dealing 
with it. 
The President then gave formal notice that the meeting of the 
Society to be held on November 18th would be made special for the 
further consideration of the question of the desirability of registering 
the Society in accordance with the terms of the Friendly Societies 
Act. 
The President said that the pleasure with which he met the Fellows 
of the Society after their vacation was very sadly marred by the circum- 
stance that since they last assembled there they had lost one of their 
Secretaries by death. Little, indeed, did they think when they saw him at 
their last meeting, so active and so lively, that they should never see him 
again. The loss they had sustained was one which the Society could 
hardly hope to replace, because perhaps there was no living person who 
knew*more about the Microscope and its applications than did their de- 
ceased friend Mr. Mayall. The difficulty in which they were placed had, 
however, for the present been met by the kindness of Dr. Dallinger, who 
had himself undertaken to fill up the vacant place — at any rate until the 
end of the current session. He hoped that there were some amongst 
