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2 Quarterly Journal. 
generally ; while practice meetings are held every week. 
These weekly meetings have become very enjoyable, par¬ 
taking more of the character of club meetings, where the 
members bring their microscopes, and, unfettered by lorm- 
alities, converse freely on subjects of interest; and where 
they may seek and obtain such help as they require. 
And thus already, in the first year of the experiment, it 
is found that many young workers are gradually settling 
down into fixed grooves of useful study, that must 
eventually yield good results. Open air excursions are 
occasionally made by the members, for the purpose of 
collecting objects, and those made during the last season 
afforded much enjoyment to the members present. It is 
by work such as this, undertaken in earnest, and steadily 
carried out, that the Microscopical Society of Victoria hope 
to attain success. In the meantime, while not venturing to 
hope that the proceedings of so young a society will be 
of much interest to more advanced associations, having 
kindred aims, it is believed that eventually this Journal 
may become a valuable record of systematic observations 
and original researches in Australian microscopic science. 
Melbourne, 
August lsf, 1879. 
