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The thanks of the Ckib were unanimously voted to Dr. 

 Simpson for his paper and for the exhibition of numerous 

 specimens in illustration of the subject. 



It was announced that no Ordinary Meeting of the Club would 

 be held in December, as the fourth Tuesday would be the Bank 

 Holiday. 



At the meeting of the Club on January 23rd, 1912, Prof. 

 E. A. Minchin, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the chair, the 

 minutes of the preceding meeting, held on November 28th, 1911, 

 were read and confirmed. 



Prof. Arthur Dendy, D.Sc, F.R.S., the Rev. F. C. Lambert 

 and Mr. E. G. W. Ryan were balloted for and duly elected 

 members of the Club. Also Mr. Alpheus Smith (late Hon. 

 Librarian) was elected to an honorary membership of the Club. 



The list of donations to the Club was read and the thanks of 

 the members voted to the donors. The attention of members may 

 be drawn to nineteen slides of Freshwater Algae presented to the 

 Cabinet by Mr. James Burton. 



The Secretary read the list of the names of those who had been 

 proposed by the Committee as President and Officers of the Club 

 for the ensuing year, to be submitted to the Annual Meeting for 

 election. Three members of the Committee who retired by 

 rotation were Messrs. Burton, Inwards and Rheinberg, and if 

 Mr. Akehurst was elected as Librarian, this would cause a fourth 

 vacancy on the Committee. Members present were then asked 

 for nominations of gentlemen to fill these vacancies. 



The following were thereupon proposed for election at tlie 

 Annual Meeting : 



Mr. Burton, proposed by Mr. Wilson, seconded by Mr. Grundy. 

 Mr. Bestow, Mr. Burton, Mr. Davies. 



Mr. N. E. Brown, Mr. Earland, Mr. Heron-Allen. 



Mr. Offord, Mr. A.M. Jones, Mr. Hilton. 



Mr. Inwards, Mr. O'Donohoe, Mr. Morland. 



Mr, Wilson having been nominated as Auditor on behalf of 

 the Committee, Mr, Hilton was proposed by Mr. N. E. Brown, 

 seconded by Mr. J. Neale Ellis, and duly elected Auditor on 

 behalf of the Club, 



Mr. T. J. Smith, F.R.M.S., for Messrs. Watson, exhibited and 



