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at the next meeting, February 2oth, 1882, which was made special for 

 that purpose. — Ed.] 



The President then deHvered his Annual Address, which, after a short 

 review of the Club's history during the past year [Trans, ii. 192] , con- 

 sisted of the first portion of an essay on "The Phenomena of Cyclical 

 Propagation in the Animal Kingdom." The lecture was illustrated by a 

 series of large diagrams prepared for the occasion by Mr. Henry A. Cole. 

 The conclusion of the paper will be read at a subsequent meeting. 



Professor Boulger said that he had much pleasure in i^roposing a 

 cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Meldola for his very able address, and he 

 was sure all would look forward to the second part with great interest. 

 But the facts brought forward were in themselves so wonderful and 

 instructive that, even without the theoretical links which the author 

 promised to supply, they furnished abundant material for thought. He 

 might say that the phenomena commonly known as the " alternation of 

 generations," but which had been so well re-named " cyclical propaga- 

 tion," were by no means confined to animals, and at a subsequent period 

 he might venture to place before the Club some observations upon the 

 existence of similar phases of jjolymorphic development amongst plants. 



The Eev. W. Linton Wilson warmly seconded the vote of thanks, and 

 Mr. F. C. Gould suggested that with it should be incorporated a grateful 

 recognition of the value of their President's services during his years 

 of office, and a like compliment to the Honorary Secretary for his work 

 during the past session. 



On the motion of Mr. Godwin a vote of thanks was also passed to 

 Mr. Alfred Lockyer, the Honorary Librarian, for the caj^ital manner in 

 which he had gathered together a very fair nucleus of a library, and the 

 great care shown in the arrangement and cataloguing of the books. 



The votes having been unanimously agreed to, the President, Secretary 

 and Librarian briefly returned thanks, the former also acknowledging the 

 compliment paid to him by his being elected for the third time to fill the 

 Presidential chaii'. 



A hearty vote of thanks was also tendered to Mr. H. A. Cole and Miss 

 Cole for the use of the rooms for the Library and Museum, and for the 

 Meetings of the Club, on the motion of the President, seconded by Mr. 

 Varley. The thanks of the Club were .also given to the Auditors, 

 Messrs. Eobarts and Letchford, to which the latter gentleman responded. 



In bringing the meeting to a close, the President said it was his 

 privilege to nominate the Vice-Presidents for his year of office. He 

 named Mr. E. A. Fitch, F.L.S., Mr. N. F. Robarts, F.G.S., Eev. W. 

 Linton Wilson, M.A., and (by permission) the Eight Hon. Lord 

 Eayleigh, F.E.S. He also called attention to the subscription list for 

 the " Forest Camps Exploration Fund, 1882," and hoped that the 

 Society would be put into possession of funds sufficient to carry on the 

 work with credit to itself and benefit to Archaological Science. 



