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ORDINARY MEETING, Apeil 17, 1882. 
Sir Joseph Fayree, K.C.S.I., M.D., F.R.S., V.P., 
IN THE Chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed, and the 
following elections were announced : 
Member : — J. W. Appleton. Esq., Liverpool. 
Associates:— The Rt. Eev. the Bishop of Caledonia, British Columbia; 
T. Hargreaves, Esq., Accrington ; Rowland Hill, Esq., Ph.D., F.C.S., 
Romsey; Rev. W. A. Ley, M.A., Herefordshire ; Lady Augusta Graham, 
Brentwood. 
A paper was then read by Surgeon-Major G. C. Wallich, M.D., F.L.S., 
F.G.S., &c,. 
ON THE FALLACY OF THE MATERLALISTLG ORIGIN 
OF LIFE. 
[This paper — describing Dr. Wallich's microscopical observations on the 
lowest forms of life — was read from the MS., but cannot be inserted here, 
the author having been prevented by illness from completing it for publica- 
tion ; the Institute must only hope that, later on, his recovery may enable 
him to place the paper in its possession.] 
The following is the discussion thereon : — 
The Chairman (Sir Joseph Fayrer, K.C.S.I., M.D., F.R.S.). — I think 
I may say to Dr. Wallich that the meeting is greatly indebted to him 
for his paper. I only wish he had had time to have pursued the 
subject a little further. But we are grateful to him for what he has done. 
The subject is a very large one, including the beginning of life, spontaneous 
generation, evolution, the distinctions between vegetable and animal 
organisms, and many other matters, all of extreme interest and importance. 
These are the topics he has brought under our consideration. They are 
