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The Secretary reminded the members present that, in accordance with 

 the rales of the Society, nominations for Officers and Members of Committee 

 for the ensuing year must be made that evening, and that a list of persons 

 so nominated would be printed on the balloting lists and submitted for 

 election at the Annual Meeting on July 24th. It would also be necessary 

 to propose and to elect tw r o Auditors of accounts, in order that they might 

 present their cash statement at the annual meeting. The President and 

 Officers, together with one Auditor, were nominated by the Council, but it 

 was competent for any member to substitute other names at the time of 

 election, if it was desired to do so. 



The following nominations on behalf of the Council were then made : — 

 As President— Mr. A. D. Michael, F.L.S., F.E.M.S. 

 As Vice-Presidents— Dr. W. B. Carpenter, Dr. M. C. Cooke, Dr. 



Jno. Matthews, Professor Chas. Stewart. 

 As Hon. Treasurer — Mr. F. W. Gay. 

 As Hon. Secretary — Mr. G. C. Karop. 

 As Hon. Foreign Secretary — Mr. H. F. Hailes. 

 As Hon. Reporter — Mr. R. T. Lewis. 

 As Hon. Librarian — Mr. Alpheus Smith. 

 As Hon. Curator — Mr. C. Emery. 

 And as Auditor on behalf of the Council — Mr. W. Hainworth, jun. 

 The Chairman said it was now the duty of the members to propose the 

 name of some gentleman to act on their behalf as Auditor in conjunction 

 with Mr. Hainworth. 



Mr. Dobson was thereupon proposed by Mr. Parsons and seconded by 

 Mr. Buffham. 



These nominations having been submitted to the meeting, Messrs. Hain- 

 worth and Dobson were duly elected the Auditors of the Society's accounts. 

 The Chairman said their next business was to nominate four or more 

 gentlemen to fill vacancies on the Committee, caused by the retirement by 

 rotation of Messrs. Groves, Hardy, Jacques, and Nelson, who were, however, 

 eligible for re-election if the members thought fit. 



The following nominations were then made : — 

 Mr. E. M. Nelson, proposed by Mr. Waller, seconded by Mr. Hardy. 

 Mr. Hembrey, „ Mr. Priest, „ Mr. Dadswell. 



Mr. Freeman, „ Mr. Buffham, ,, Mr. Hailes. 



Mr. George Western, „ Mr. Parsons, „ Mr. Priest. 



Mr. Groves, ,, Mr. Lewis, ,, Mr.Alpheus Smith. 



Mr. W. W. Reeves, „ Mr. Hembrey, ,, Mr. Gregory. 



The Secretary said that they had received, through Mr. Kitton, a paper 

 " On the History of some New Diatoms," by Professor Cleve, of Upsala. 

 It was a most valuable contribution, but was, he thought, both too long and 

 too technical to be read at the meeting on that occasion. It would there- 

 fore be taken as read, and would be printed in extenso in the Journal, so 

 that all would have the opportunity of reading it at their leisure. 



The thanks of the Society were unanimously voted to Professor Cleve 

 for his communication. 



