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NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY S REPORT. 
Mar., 1890. 
life members, 189 ordinary (guinea) members, 12 family (half¬ 
guinea) members, 7 lady (half-guinea) members, 5 honorary 
vice-presidents, 26 corresponding members, and 6 associates. 
A special feature of the meetings of the year has been the 
illustration of several papers by extensive series of lantern 
photographs, which have afforded great interest and pleasure, 
and have attracted large attendances of the members and 
their friends. 
The twelfth Annual Meeting and Conversazione of the 
Midland Union of Natural History Societies was held at 
Oxford on September 23rd and 24tli. Mr. W. B. Grove and 
Mr. B. W. Chase attended as delegates from this Society. 
The meeting was a very successful one. Mr. T. H. Waller, 
B.A., B.Sc., received the Darwin gold medal for the series of 
Petrological papers which have been read before this Society, 
and published in the “ Midland Naturalist.” The Council 
congratulate the Society upon the pleasing fact that the 
Darwin medal has been won so often by its members. 
Microscopical Section.— Ex-officio : President, W. B. 
Grove, M.A.; Secretary, W. H. Wilkinson. During the 
year twelve meetings have been held, with an average 
attendance of twenty-nine; and the following communica¬ 
tions have been made :— 
March 5th.—The President’s Address, being “A Review of the 
Progress of our Knowledge of Bacteriology during the last 
twenty-five years,” illustrated by coloured drawings. The 
Address was highly appreciated by the members. It has 
appeared in the “ Midland Naturalist.” 
The evening of April 2nd was devoted to a Microscopical Soiree, 
when a goodly number of members brought their microscopes, 
exhibiting specimens representing all the sections of the 
Society. 
April 30th.— “Notes on a recent Tour through Spain,” by Mr. 
G. C. Druce, F.L.S., of Oxford; illustrated by lantern 
photographs. 
May 7.—A lecture on “ Oceanic Islands, from a Collector’s Notes;” 
illustrated by photographs of the Sandwich Islands, New 
Zealand, Fernando de Noronha, Australia, etc., by the Rev. 
T. Simcox Lea, M.A., the lantern views being shown by Mr. C. 
Pumphrey. 
June 4th.—“The Pocket Dredge for Microscopic Objects, etc.,” by 
Mr. E. W. Burgess. Communicated by Mr. W. P. Marshall, 
M.I.C.E. 
October 1st.—“On a Disputed Point in the Structure of the 
Stomata of Plants,” by Mr. Herbert Stone, F.L.S. 
November 5th. -“ Growing Cells for Use with the Microscope,” by 
Mr. W. H. Wilkinson. 
At the section meetings a large number of specimens 
have been exhibited, and amongst many members may be 
mentioned Mr. W. B. Grove, M.A., fungi, mostly from the 
