PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 113 



AN ORDINARY MEETING 



OF THE Society was Held at 20 Hanover Square, W., on 

 Wednesday, February 20th, 1918, Mr. J. E. Barnard, 

 President, in the Chair. 



The President, before proceeding to the formal business, expressed 

 liis thanks to the Fellows of the Society for the honour done him in 

 electing him to the Presidential Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting, having been circulated, were 

 taken as read, confirmed, and signed by the President. 



The President directed that ballot should be taken for the four 

 candidates for Fellowship, and read the nomination papers of Messrs. 

 Bourke and Mortimer. 



The President made sympathetic reference to the death of Miss 

 Ethel Sargant, F.L.S., F.R.M.S., who was well known to the Fellows as 

 a botanist of considerable distinction. He proposed, and the meeting 

 carried, a vote of sincere condolence with the lady's relatives. 



Mr. Scourfield read a letter from the son of the well-known micro- 

 scopist Mr. Henry Van Heurck, of Antwerp, who was at present in' 

 England, but was unable to continue his studies from lack of necessary 

 apparatus. He wished to know if any Fellow of the Society could help 

 him in procuring a modern microscope and a few accessories. 



The President remarked that whilst many Fellows had already done 

 their utmost, as individuals, to further the national interests since the 

 outl)reak of war an opportunity had now occurred for action by the 

 Society in its corporate capacity. As a preliminary it was proposed to 

 prepare a new list of members which should l)e a members' directory, 

 indicating the branch of work each Fellow was specially interested in. 



March Mh, 191S l 



