54 OUR ANNUAL MEETING. 



Beaulah resigned, was because he could not see the notes on the 

 slides which he had circulated. It was impossible to send to each 

 member all the foreign boxes into which they had put slides, and 

 the only plan he could conceive of was to return such slides to the 

 owners without notes. It was now proposed to give the members 

 notice that they must forward to the Secretary six slides in two or 

 three months' time. Some members would write many notes and 

 make drawings, whilst others were unable or unwilling to describe 

 their slides. If members did not send slides, he thought it only fair 

 to the other members to ask them to pay a monetary equivalent. 

 Whether the slides should be given to the members or placed 

 in the Reference-Cabinet, he left to the meeting to decide. 



The President invited the members to express their views on 

 the proposed alteration of rules, adding, that it certainly appeared 

 to him, that the proposal with regard to asking for a certain num- 

 ber of slides in the commencement of the year was worthy of 

 their consideration and acceptance. 



Dr. George enquired whether, when six slides were asked for, 

 six boxes would be sent to each member, or only one box for six 

 slides ? 



The President remarked that point had occurred to him, and 

 he asked if there would be any objection to divide the slides into 

 batches of three each ? 



The Secretary said he presumed that many members would 

 select slides that had some bearing on the same subject, thus 

 forming a series. 



Dr. George considered that was practically making special 

 boxes, as was done some time ago. 



The Secretary further explained that he should ask for these 

 six slides, two or three months before they were required. A 

 member should at present send a slide once a fortnight. There 

 would, therefore, be the same time allowed to prepare six slides as 

 members had under ordinary circumstances by the unaltered rule. 

 He believed that with the new arrangement things would be very 

 much as at present. There would be some special boxes and 

 some miscellaneous. 



A lengthened discussion followed, in which Messrs. George, 

 Brown, Parsons, Barrett, Teasdale, Goodinge, the Rev. E. T. 

 Stubbs, and others, took part. 



Dr. Parsons considered that one thing which appeared to 

 interfere with the working and usefulness of the Society was, the 

 members never saw the notes made upon their slides except those 

 made on the first circuit. The notes certainly sometimes went 

 round twice, but when they came to a member on a second or 

 subsequent circuit; if some point arose on which the member 



