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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



MEETING 



Held on the 20th October, 1915, at 20 Hanover Square, W., 

 Mr. D. J. Scourfield, F.Z.S., etc., Vice-President, in the 

 Chair. 



The Minutes of the Meeting of June 16 were read and confirmed, 

 and signed by the Chairman. 



The following Donations received since the last Meeting were 

 announced, and the best thanks of the Society accorded the donors :— 



From 

 Report of the British Antarctic Expedition, vol. i., Geologicall Th& p M ^^ s /j ers# 



Section J 



Chamberlain (C. J.), Methods in Plant Histology, 3rd edition The Publishers. 



Dr. Shilling-ton Scales gave formal notice, in accordance with Bye- 

 laws 100 and 101, that a Special Meeting would be held on November 17 

 at 6 o'clock to consider the suspension of Bye-law No. 76, so that the 

 time of meeting of the Ordinary Meetings might be altered to 6 p.m. 

 instead of 8 p.m., for so long as the Council should decide. 



After some discussion, and on a show of hands being taken, it was 

 agreed that the Special Meeting should be held at 8 o'clock instead of 

 at 6 as at first proposed. 



The Chairman then called upon Mr. E. Heron- Allen, F.L.S. F.R.M.S., 



who read his paper entitled " A Statement upon the Theory and Pheno- 

 mena of Purpose and Intelligence exhibited by the Protozoa, illustrated 

 by Selection and Behaviour in the Foraminifera." 



The Chairman, in thanking Mr. Heron-Allen, said he was sure the 

 Fellows would agree with him that they had listened to a most interesting 

 address, and one that meant very much to them. The subject had been 

 laid before them in a very lucid and striking manner, and the illustrative 

 photographs were very beautiful and of exceptional value. He agreed 

 with what Mr. Heron- Allen had said regarding the importance of the 

 definition of terms. It seemed to him that some of the wonderful 



