^8 PROCEEDINGS Ot* TSE QUEKETT MICROSdOPICAL CLUfi. 



and by some unusual expenses, was perfectly satisfactory. These 

 were all adopted and passed by the meeting. 



After requesting Vice-President D. J. Scourfield to take the 

 chair for the occasion, the President then delivered his annual 

 address, which was entitled " Some Factors of Evolution in 

 Sponges." It dealt largely with the development of the spicules 

 in the various classes of sponges, and necessarily was of a dis- 

 tinctly technical character. At its conclusion the Chairman, 

 after some comments on the value and interest of the address, 

 requested the President to allow it to be printed in the Journal^ 

 and proposed a vote of thanks to him. This was accorded by 

 acclamation by those present. Prof. Dendy cordially gave his 

 consent to the request, and resumed the chairmanship of the 

 meeting. A vote of thanks to the scrutineers of the ballot and 

 to the auditors of the balance-sheet was proposed and carried ; 

 as was also the same to the Officers and Committee, with some 

 appreciative remarks on the care and hard work that must have 

 been requisite to produce such satisfactory results during the 

 difficult period of last year. The Treasurer, Mr. F. J. Perks, 

 made an appropriate reply. 



The President then read out the result of the ballot for Officers 

 for the ensuing year : 



As President 



• • 



As Four Vice-Presi- 

 dents. 



As Treasurer 



, Secretary . 



, Foreign Secretary 



, Reporter . 



, Librarian 



, Curator . 



, Editor 



As Five Members of 

 Committee. 



Prof. Arthur Dendy, D.Sc, F.R.S. 

 fC. F. Rousselet, F.R.M.S. 



D. J. Scourfield, F.Z.S., F.R.M.S. 

 IE. J. SpiTTA.,L.R.C.P.,M.il.C.S.,F.R.A.S. 

 VDavid Bryce. 



Frederick J. Perks. 



James Burton. 



C. F. Rousselet, F.R.M.S. 



R. T. Lewis, F.R.M.S. 



S. C. Akehurst, F.R.M.S. 



C. J. SiDWELL, F.R.M.S. 



A. W. Sheppard, F.Z.S., F.R.M.S. 

 fC. D. Soar, F.L.S., F.R.M.S. 



R. Paulson, F.L.S., F.R.M.S. 



G. H. Gabb, F.C.S. 



M. A. AiNSLiE, R.N., B.A., F.R.A.S. 



Jas. Grundy, F.R.M.S. 



