SESSION 1906-1907. xxxvii 



32nd Anniversary Meeting, 12th March, 1907. 

 (At Watford.) 



John Morison, M.D., D.P.H., M.E.C.S., F.G.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Report of the Council for 1906, and the Treasurer's 

 Account of Income and Expenditure, were read and adopted. 



The President delivered an Address on "The Mystery of 

 Matter." (Transactions, Vol. XIII, pp. 173-194.) 



The following gentlemen were duly elected as the Officers and 

 Council for the ensuing year : — 



President. — The Eev. Canon A. Merle Norman, M.A., D.C.L., 

 LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S. 



Vice-Presidents.— John Attfield, M.A., Ph.D., F.E.S., F.C.S., 

 F.I.C. ; B. Daydon Jackson, F.L.S. , Sec.Linn. Soc. ; Edward 

 Mawley, F.R.Met.Soc.,F.R.H.S., V.M.H. ; John Morison, M.D., 

 D.P.H., M.R.C.S., F.G.S. 



Treasurer. — John Weall. 



Honorary Secretaries.— A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., F.R.H.S., F.E.S. ; 

 Arthur Sutton, Assoc. R.S.M. 



Editor.— John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.M.S., F.R.Met. 

 Soc, Assoc. Inst. C.E., Sec. Ray Soc. 



Librarian. — Daniel Hill, F.R.H.S. 



Other Members.— Wilhsim Bickerton, M.B.O.U. ; W. R. Carter, 

 B.A. ; A. E. Ekins, F.C.S., F.I.C. ; Sir John Evans, K.C.B., 

 D.C.L., LL.D., Sc.D., F.R.S., etc. ; Henry Kidner, F.G.S. ; Vernon 

 P. Kitchin, B.A., F.E.S. ; G. W. Lamplugh, F.R.S., F.G.S.; 

 Gregory M. Mathews, F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ; George P. Neele ; 

 James K. Riggall ; the Right Hon. the Earl of VervQam ; Henry 

 J. Worssam. 



The thanks of the Society were accorded to Dr. John Morison, 

 F.G.S., retiring from the office of President; to Mr. Lewis 

 Evans, F.S.A., retiring from the office of Vice-President ; and 

 to Mr. P. J. Barraud, F.E.S., Mr. A. E. Cox, M.R.C.S., and 

 Dr. T. E. Lones, M.A., retiring from the Council. 



Report op the Council for the Year 1906. 



Although the financial position of the Society still gives cause 

 for anxiety, the Council is able to report that in regard to 

 membership and the interest taken in the proceedings there is 

 a slight improvement compared with recent years. 



The policy of dividing the meetings between Watford and 

 St. Albans has been continued with gratifying results, and several 

 popular lectures have been given at both places during the year 

 and have been well attended. A most interesting conversazione 

 was held at the County Museum, St. Albans, on 13th November, 



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