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and Mr. Alfred O. Walker, Scrutineers; and the votes having 

 been counted and reported to the President, he declared the 

 following Members to be removed from the Council, viz. : — 

 Mr. Francis Darwin, Mr. Horace W. Monckton, Mr. George 

 E. M. Murray, Mr. Howard Saunders, and Mr. W. Percy Sladen, 

 and the following gentlemen to be elected in their stead, viz. : — 

 ]Mr. Clement Eeid, Dr. Dukinfield H. Scott, Eev. Thomas E. E. 

 Stebbing, Prof. Sydney H. Vines, and Mr. A. Smith "Woodward. 



The Ballot for the Officers having been closed, the President 

 appointed the same Scrutineers, and the votes having been 

 counted and reported to him, he declared the result as follows : — 



President, Prof. Sydney H, Vines, M.A., F.E.S. 



Treasurer, Mr. Prank Crisp. 



„ . r Mr. B. Daydon Jackson. 



Prof. George Bond Howes. 



IVIr. Eobert Theodore Giinther, who was elected May 3rd, 1900, 

 Mr. James Scott Gordon, who was elected Dec. 7th, 1899, and 

 Mr. J. T. Norman Thomas, who was elected April 5th, 1900, 

 attended, and, having signed the obligation, were admitted 

 Fellows. 



The President then delivered his Annual Address, choosing for 

 his subject " The unpublished Correspondence of William Swainson 

 with contemporary Naturalists (1806-1840)," lately acquired by 

 the Society. 



