58 OUR ANNUAL MEETING. 



The Secretary stated that at the time when the arrangements 

 were made for that meeting, two names were proposed for the 

 election of President and Vice-President. Dr. Partridge had 

 since written, and requested that his name should be taken off 

 the list. It was too late to make any fresh nomination, and he, 

 the Hon Secretary, thought it was right that their respected 

 friend. Dr. George, should be elected Vice-President for this year, 

 and President for the year following. He was one of their earliest 

 members. 



Mr. Goodinge proposed that Dr. George be Vice-President 

 for the ensuing year, and President next year. 



Mr. Teasdale seconded the resolution, which, being put to 

 the meeting, was carried unanimously. 



Dr. George said he was very much obliged to the members 

 for the honour they had done him in electing him Vice-President. 

 He trusted that during his year of office as Vice-President he 

 would be able to qualify himself for the office of President in the 

 year following. 



Dr. Measures enquired if there were any changes in the 

 Officers or Committee ? No intimation of the Committee on the 

 subject had reached him. He did not see that because Bath was 

 the "Queen of the West," it was necessarily "the hub of the uni- 

 verse." He should like to see some members on the Committee 

 from other parts of the country. He did not object to a Sub- 

 Committee at Bath. 



The President thought that there were members on the 

 Committee from other parts besides Bath. 



The Secretary read over the names of the Committee as it 

 at present existed. • 



Dr. Brown enquired if the present members would continue 

 their services ? and then proposed that the present Committee be 

 re-elected, with power to add to their number to fill up any 

 vacancies. 



Mr. Bostock having seconded the resolution, it was put to 

 the meeting by the Chairman, and carried unanimously. 



Dr. Parsons said, having satisfactorily disposed of all the 

 business of the meeting, he should Hke to indulge in a Httle 

 relaxation. The toast he had to propose needed no eloquence 

 of his to recommend it. Of the Chairman, Mr. Hammond, he 

 need not speak in praise, or of his contributions to the Society by 

 pen, pencil, and slides. He felt the greatest pleasure in proposing 

 the President's health. It was not saying too much to say that he 

 was a very great honour to their Society. He had done as much 

 as any member to raise the status of the Society and the Journal. 

 The members of the Committee also had worked hard, much 



