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The fresh hyphze of the fungi were filled with cloudy protoplasm, 
containing vacuoles and here and there highly refracting granules 
of an oily nature. Replacement of the nutritive solution by dis- 
tilled water produced an entire change ; the oil-globules gradually 
accumulated, the protoplasm at the same time undergoing disin- 
tegration, until, at the end of twelve hours, the hypha contained a 
mere network of protoplasmic threads crowded with bright fat- 
granules, These further accumulated, and, the network disappearing 
altogether, were set free in the cavity of the hypha, often uniting 
into large oil-globules. 
PracticaL Microscopy.—The Editor thanks the reviewer H.H. 
of his book in “The American Monthly Microscopical Journal” 
for his favourable notice, but begs to point out that the following 
sentence is not according to fact :—“ Though mentioning some of 
the better-known American manufacturers, the author does not 
describe any of their instruments, with a single exception, and 
seems not to be acquainted with the various American stands of 
the higher grade, for he makes the rather remarkable statement 
that the difference in cost of the English and American stands is 
due to the superior workmanship of the former.” The so-called 
“remarkable statement” (p. 24) reads as follows :—‘“The superior 
workmanship of details in fig. 15 (The Ross-Zentmayer stand) over’ 
the Biological stand of Bulloch is only to be expected, owing to 
the difference in price.” Evidently H.H. is off his horse a bit. It 
was not the author’s intention to have introduced any American 
stands, but Mr. Bulloch’s possessing so many advantages for the 
student was the reason of its insertion. 
MANCHESTER LITERARY AND PutLosopnicaL Society.—The 
report of the council, to be presented at the annual meeting of this 
society on Tuesday next, states that the number of ordinary mem- 
bers on the roll of the society on the rst of April, 1881, was 146, 
and seven new members have been elected ; the losses have been 
—tesignations nine, and deaths three. The deceased members 
are Mr. John Blackwall, Mr. A. G. Latham, and Mr. E. W. Bin- 
ney. The treasurer’s annual account shows that the balance against 
the general fund has increased from 490 os. 7d. on the rst of 
April, 1881, to £120 12s. sd. on the rst of April, 1882; that the 
balance in favour of the natural history fund has diminished from 
476 5s. 8d. to £35 45, trd.; and deducting the difference be- 
tween these two sums from the compounders’ fund, £125, there 
isa balance of £39 158. 6d. in favour of ‘the society on the rst 
of April, 1882, against a balance of Alir 5s. 1d. on the rst of 
April, 1881. 
ENDOWMENT OF RESEARCH.—The Government proposes to grant 
44,000 this year for the endowment of research. 

