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by the members of a most interesting and valuable demonstra- 

 tion and lecture. 



At the 518th Ordinary Meeting of the Club, held on June 27th, 

 1916, Vice-President D. J. Scourfield, F.Z.S., F.R.M.S., in the 

 <jhair, the minutes of the meeting held on May 23rd were read 

 and confirmed. 



Messrs. Henry Wood and Ernest A. Maitland were balloted 

 for and duly elected members of the Club. 



The Chairman said he had a very painful announcement to 

 make. Since the last meeting one of their oldest members, Mr. 

 R. T. Lewis, F.R.M.S., died on June 10th, aged seventy-seven. 

 He joined the Club in April 1866, within a year of its founda- 

 tion. He was elected honorary reporter in the autumn of that 

 year, and had most ably carried out the duties of the office ever 

 since. His attendance was probably a record. At the 500th 

 meeting he was able to say that he had been absent from his 

 post on only eighteen meetings during the period, and almost 

 all of these omissions had been caused recently by a severe ill- 

 ness. In the earlier days of the Club he frequently read papers, 

 chiefly on entomological subjects. These may be found in the 

 older volumes of the Journal, often beautifully illustrated by his 

 skilful pencil. His presence was one of the most familiar to 

 the members. He was at the meeting in April, but was unable 

 to come to that in May, and passed away after about a month's 

 illness. 



They had also lost one of their honorary members. Mr. F. 

 Enock died on May 26th, aged seventy-one. Mr. Enock was well 

 known for his studies in entomology. Some years ago he had 

 frequently attended their meetings and given occasional ad- 

 dresses on his favourite subject, but he had not been able to 

 be with them in recent years. The members assented to the 

 Chairman's motion that letters of sympathy and condolence be 

 sent to the relatives. 



The Hon. Secretary informed the meeting that he had re- 

 ceived from Mrs. Priest, the widow of a former member, a 

 cabinet of micro-slides for addition to the Club's collection. Mr. 

 Priest was well known for his studies in sponges, and desired 

 before his death that the Club should be presented with a num- 



