PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. L25 



LIBRARY. 



The rearrangement of the Library in accordance with modern 

 principles and the requirements of the Society, and the compilation of a 

 card catalogue, the work of Mr. P. E. Radley, have now been com- 

 pleted. 



BY-LAWS. 



The changes made in the By-laws at a Special Meeting of the 

 Fellows in June last will, it is hoped, be conducive to the better 

 working of the Society. The chief points are: — (1) The mode of pay- 

 ment of the admission fee, the system in vogue prior to 1897 being 

 reverted to ; (2) The formation of hybrid Committees, Ordinary Fel- 

 lows being now eligible to serve on Committees of Council; (3) The 

 Treasurer and Secretaries made ex-officio Members of all Committees ; 

 and (4) The formation of a new office, that of Hon. Librarian. 



Mr. J. J. Vezey, Treasurer, then read the Balance Sheet and State- 

 ment of Accounts for the past year, which had been duly certified as 

 correct by the elected Auditors. 



Mr. Vezey said he did not think the Accounts called for any further 

 remark from him, as the chief points had been adverted to in the 

 Eeport. He should like, however, to call attention to the large amount 

 which was expended in connection with the Journal, equal to the whole 

 of the income from subscriptions. He did not wish it to be inferred 

 that he thought this was not well spent, but he hoped the Fellows 

 would realise the desire of the Council to give them the best Journal 

 possible, and would do their best to obtain new Fellows, so that the 

 item of subscriptions might be increased. 



It was then moved by the liev. Canon Carr, " That the Eeport and 

 Balance Sheet be received and adopted, and that they be printed and 

 circulated in the usual way." 



Mr. Freshwater having seconded the motion, it was put from the 

 Chair and unanimously carried. 



The President said that he had great satisfaction in appearing before 

 the Society that evening at the end of another year of office, a satis- 

 faction which was increased by the fact that they had elected as his 

 successor a gentleman with whom he had been associated for nearly half 

 a century at the British Museum, where he had made a very marvellous 

 collection in the Geological Department. Dr. Woodward had been 

 President of the Geological Society, was a Fellow of the Royal Society, 

 and had occupied other positions in the scientific world, and he was 

 eminently qualified to carry out the duties of President of their 

 Society. Dr. Woodward, having recently retired from the public ser- 

 vice, was at the present time taking a well-earned holiday on the 

 Mediterranean Coast, so that it would not be possible now to induct 

 him, but it was expected that he would return in time to preside at their 



