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MICROSCOPICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SECTION. 
Annual Meeting, May 6th, 1872. 
Joseph Baxendell, F.R.A.S., in the Chair. 
The following Report of the Council, and Treasurer’s 
Account for the past year, were read and passed : — 
Your Council have to report that the following papers 
have been read during the past session : 
1871. 
Oct. 9. — “ Notices of several recently discovered and undescribed 
British Mosses.” — Mr. G. E. Hunt. 
“Notes on Dorccitoma bovistce.” — Mr. Joseph Side- 
botham, F.R.A.S. 
Nov. 6. — “ On Tricophyton tonsurans.” — Mr. John Barrow. 
Bee. 4. — “The flowering of Cereus grandiflorus ." — Mr. R. D. 
Darbishire, B.A., F.G.S. 
“ On the occurrence of Xenodochus carbonarius, Schl., 
near Welshpool.” — Rev. J. E. Vize, M.A. 
“ Further Notes on Tricophyton tonsurans .” — Mr. John 
Barrow. 
1872. 
Jan. 15. — “On Nemosoma elongata.” — Mr. J. Sidebotham, F.R.A.S. 
Feb. 5. — “The Origin and Spread of Typhus Fever.” — Mr. J. 
Sidebotham, F.R.A.S. 
26. — “ On Shells of Mollusca, showing Interior Traces of 
Fungoid Growth.” — Mr. Mark Stirrup. 
The number of Ordinary Members of the Section is 38, 
and of Associates 12. 
The funds of the Society, as will be seen from the accom- 
panying balance sheet, are in a satisfactory state. 
