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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF 

 ECONOMIC^ BIOLOGISTS. 



The Annual General Meeting was held in the Botanical Department, 

 Imperial College of Science, on Wednesday, 10th December, 1919. 



There were present 32 members and 15 visitors. 



In the unavoidable absence of the President and the Vice-Presidents, 

 the chair was taken by Mr E. E. Green. 



The Minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



Report of the Council for 1919. 



During the year 1919 two general meetings have been held in the 

 Botanical Department, Imperial College of Science, one in March and 

 the other at the beginning of July, the latter occupying two days. They 

 were both fairly well attended and numerous exhibits were made and 

 important papers read. 



At the latter meeting the resolutions of your Council on certain 

 proposals made by Prof. Lefroy and Mr Brierley that had been circulated 

 to all members in this country were passed. 



Arising out of these a Botanical Secretary has been appointed in 

 the person of Mr W. B, Brierley and steps are being taken to form a 

 permanent Committee, of which Prof. Lefroy has consented to become 

 a member, the duties of which mter alia will be to look after the 

 interests of duly qualified Economic Biologists. 



The membership of the Association shows a steady and satisfactory 

 increase. Only one member has resigned and 1 3 have been elected during 

 the year. In addition to this over 60 further members for 1920 have been 

 nominated by the Council and their names will be placed before you at 

 this meeting. If these are elected, they will bring our total membership 

 from all sources up to over 200, as compared with 126 this time last year. 



The publication of the Annals of Applied Biology in common with 

 nearly all other scientific journals of this character has been considerably 

 delayed, but Parts II and III of Volume VI may be expected to ap])ear 

 almost immediately and material for the remaining part is in hand. 



The enormous increase in the cost of production of the Annals has 

 been a source of considerable anxiety. With a view to improving the 



