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MICROSCOPICAL SECTION. 
January 21st, 1862. 
Professor Williamson, President of the Section, 
in the Chair. 
Mr. William K. Deane was elected a Member of the 
Section. 
A letter was read from Mr. H. A. Hurst, late of Calcutta, 
making a donation to the Section of his entire collection of 
mounted microscopical objects, consisting of upwards of four 
hundred specimens ; they comprise 90 slides of diatomacese ; 
100 of algae, mostly marine; about 30 different kinds of 
starches, and the remainder an assortment of Desmidiae, 
preparations of insects, bone sections, and a variety of other 
objects. 
Mr. Hurst also presented a collection of specimens of 
Asiatic woods, in small blocks, obtained from the Horti- 
Agricultural Society of India at Calcutta. They consist of 
98 specimens from Arracan ; 76 from Upper Assam; 6 from 
Central India ; 8 from the coast of Tenasserin ; and 13 from 
Chittagong; 201 specimens of woods in all, most of them 
with the native names. 
Capt. Penrice, of the ship “Pegasus,” from Shanghae, 
forwarded to the Section a number of soundings taken during 
his last voyage, amongst which may be noted one each from 
the mouth of the Yang-tse-Kiang river in China, coast of 
Borneo, Java; and a portion of mud, rich in foraminiferEe, 
from the anchor fluke, at Gaspar Island. 
