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April 17, 1885.] THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS 255 truly works of art. The views shown through the lantern were from various districts both in and around Hyde, also many views from Devonshire. The Solgraph Company, Guisborough, had forwarded a few slides and negatives of various subjects, which had been developed with zixtol, which were greatly admired, especially one of ‘‘A Mill House in Cleveland.” One of Mr. McLean’s lantern views was shown, and received its due share of praise. Mr. Cheetham presented a view from “ Bettws- y-C'oed, North Wales,” and a copy was given to each ordinary and honorary member; the picture was taken by himself, and was beautifully got up and mounted. Other specimens were placed on the table from the following firms Messrs. Fry and Co., Mr. J. Martin, and others. At the close of the entertainment a vote of thanks was passed to the exhibitors. Edinburgh PnoTOGRArinc SocTETY. The sixth meeting of the current session was held in Queen Street Hall, on the evening of Wednesday, 1st inst., Mr. Norman Macbeth, R.S.A., in the chair. After the minutes of last meeting had been read and approved, Messrs. Wm. Moir, Stuart Fowler, C. J. Burton, Henry Murray, Alexander Asher, and A. L. Henderson, were admitted ordinary members of the Society. A “Conference on the Picturesque” then took place, when a number of works were submitted and fully criticised. NEWCASTLE-OX-TYXE and Northern Counties Photo graphic Association. The ordinary meeting was held in the committee room of the Literary and Philosophical Society’s Institute, Newcastle, on Monday evening, 13th inst., Mr. Payne in the chair. Mr. Herbert Spargo and Mr. John Jackson were nominated. The Secretary reported that Prof. Herschel had very kindly presented to the Society a case for holding such lantern slides as the Association might from time to time accumulate, and he had also sent a few slides by way of making a commencement. The members then adjourned to the lecture theatre of the Institute, where the Ilev. T. F. Hardwich, M.A , read a short abstract of his paper on the “ Ethoxo Light” (see page 260):and gave, in conjunction with Mr. Allison, a lantern demonstration , the slides consisted of a series of microscopical, followed by a collection of Egyptian, slides by the collodion and Woodbury- type processes. The audience was very large and appreciative. LOcHEE Amateur PHOTOGRAPHIC Club. The annual meeting of this young but flourishing Club was held in the studio belonging to the Club on Tuesday, 7th April, Bailie Ogilvie in the chair. The Treasurer’s report showed a balance in favour of the Chib. The Secretary, in his report, congratulated the members upon the very successful year just passed, and attributed the en thusiasm and esprit de corps of the members to the fact of their having a studio of their own to meet and work in. The studio has now been in use for a year. It is fully equipped with a splendid studio camera (suitable for either cartes or cabinets), three backgrounds (plain, interior, and exterior), a very con venient dark-room, and other accessories. It is very largely used by the members, and has been the cause of great improvement in the work of the members generally. The Club now numbers forty-one members, and several gentle men were proposed for membership. The following were elected office-bearers for the ensuing year:— President—Bailie Ogilvie. Vice-President—D. C. Watson. Secretary—Mr. W. G. Weatherall, Treasurer—Mr. D. Henderson. Committee—Messrs. II. B. Keir, G. Bell, W. Ogilvie, jun. Manchester Amateur PHOTOGRAPIIIC Society. The first meeting was held on Tuesday, the Uth inst., in the Technical School, the Ilev. H. J. Palmer presiding; and there were present thirty-six gentlemen. For sometime the want of such a Society had been felt, and it transpiring as the result of an announcement in the Photo- graphic News of the 13th ult., and other publications, that a fair number of gentlemen were willing to join, the meeting was called to constitute one. The meeting was of a purely business character, rules being considered and adopted, and the following Council elected, viz.: — President—Rev. H. J. Palmer. Vice-Presidents—Prof. Gamgee and Dr. Tatham. Committee—Messrs. Bathe, Champ, Dawson, Duncan, Flowers, Harrison, Hay, Lane, Widdop, and Williamson. Hon. Treasure)—Mr. J. G. Jones. Hon. Librarian—Mr. R. Graham. Hon. Secretary—Mr. W. Stanley, 21, Howard Street, Eccles New Road, Salford. The Society will hold its meetings on the second Tuesday in each month throughout the year. The subscription is 5s. per annum. Sheffield Photographic Society. The above Society held their monthly meeting in the Masonic Hall on Tuesday, the 7th inst., Mr. W. B. Hatfield in the chair. Mr. W. Askwith was elected a member. A resolution was unanimously passed to resume monthly sub ject competitions for the next six months, commencing with “ Interiors” for May, the subject for the remaining five months to be selected by the President. A committee was elected to arrange and conduct Saturday afternoon excuisions. The members then rigged up the screen and lantern, as this night had been fixed to try the one they had just received from the Sciopticon Company ; one hour on slides of members’ own making, and the remainder on a number of Woodbury slides kindly lent by Mr. F. Barber. The lantern, after some little delay, worked very well, and a good disc was got with camphor ated paraffin. The subject of the May meeting will be judgment of compe tition pictures of “ Interiors,” and the work on our first trip of the season to Syam and Froggat, which takes place on Monday, the 20th inst , by coach from the Masonic Hall at 8.80. Photographic Society of Ireland. The annual lantern meeting open to members and their friends was held on Friday evening in the Lecture Theatre of the Royal College of Science, Dublin, when, notwithstanding the counter attractions connected with the Royal visit, there was a fairly good attendance. The lanterns were manipulated by Messrs. T. A. Bewley and Woodworth, while the description of the slides was undertaken by Mr. Greenwood Pim. A new feature was introduced on this occasion, many of the transparencies being the work of members of the Society ; whereas, on former occasions, all had been made professionally from members’ negatives. The principal contributors were Dr. Scott (whose beautiful instantaneous views of the arrival of the Prince of Wales elicited hearty applause), Messrs. J. L. Robinson, Samuel Baker, Roberts, T. A. Mansfield, and Bewley. Bristol and West of England Amateur Photographic Association. The ordinary monthly meeting was held at the usual room at the Queen’s Hotel, on Wednesday, 25th March, one of the Vice- Presidents, Colonel Playfair, in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting having been confirmed, The Hon. Secretary brought before the meeting the matter of the Woodbury Fund, with reference to which a feeling was expressed by some of those present that it would interest many who admired Mr. Woodbury to know what misfortunes had followed his great successes, thereby rendering such an appeal necessary. Mr. W. B. Wright, of Brislington, near Bristol, was elected an ordinary member of the Association. A few formal matters having occupied the attention of the meeting, the Chairman called upon Mr. H. A. Hood Daniel to give a few of his experiences with the soda and potash deve lopers. Mr. Daniel said; Now, on former occasions, others and my-