Xll PROCEEDINGS, 



The following gentlemen were duly elected as the OflEicers and 

 Council for the ensuing year : — 



President.— J o\m Morison, M.D., D.P.H., M.R.C.S., F.G.S. 



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

 F.I.C. ; Lewis Evans, F.S.A., F.K.A.S. ; B. Davdon Jackson, 

 F.L.S. ; Edward Mawley, F.E.Met. Soc, F.R.H.S., V.M.H. 



Treasurer. — John Weall. 



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

 Sutton, Assoc. E.S.M. 



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

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



Librarian.— D&niel Hill, F.E.H.S. 



Other Memhers.-PhiliY) J. Barraud, F.E.S. ; W. E. Carter, 

 B.A. ; A. E. Cox, M.E.C.S., L.E.C.P. ; Arthiu- E. Ekins, F.C.S., 

 F.I.C. ; Sir John Evans, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., Sc.D., F.E.S., 

 V.P.S.A. ; Henry Kidner, F.G.S. ; Vernon P. Kitchin, B.A., 

 F.E.S. ; George W. Lamplugh, F.E.S., F.G.S.; T. E. Lones, 

 M.A., LL.D., B.Sc. ; James K. Eiggall ; the Eight Honourable 

 the Earl of Verulam ; Henry J. Worssam. 



The thanks of the Society were accorded to Sir John Evans, 

 K.C.B., retiring from the office of Vice-President, and to Mr. W. 

 Bickerton, Mr. E. T. Burr, and Mr. W. Lepard Smith, retiring 

 from the Covmcil ; also to the Auditors, Mr. W. E. Carter and 

 Mr. A. H. Wheelwrierht. 



Eeport op^ the Council for the Year 1905. 



Except from a financial point of view the Society has maintained 

 its position during the past year. In order to give members 

 residing in the central and east-ern divisions of the county fuUer 

 opportunities of taking part in the proceedings, the meetings 

 have during the present session been divided more equally than 

 hitherto between Watford and St. Albans, and popular lectiu'es 

 have been given at both centres. There has been an increased 

 attendance, and the popular lectures have attracted good 

 audiences. 



The Society has to deplore the loss by death of the Eight 

 Hon. the Earl Cowper, K.G., the Eight Hon. Baron Grimthorpe, 

 LL.D., and Mr. George Eooper, F.Z.S. Earl Cowper and 

 Mr. Eooper had both filled the office of President of the Society, 

 and the latter was one of the original members. 



Mr. Eooper was well known as a sportsman-natui-alist, was an 

 excellent observer of nature, and the author of several popular 

 works on sport sho-vving a very intimate knowledge of the habits 

 of animals. He acted for two years as the Society's Eecorder of 

 Birds, and besides his Anniversary Addresses and annual reports 

 on our birds, contributed several zoological papers to our 



