tt^rNEAN* SOCIETY OF LO^^DON. 5^ 



Chapteu XVII. tSect. I. To read : — 



Sect. I. Ill the printed Proceedings of the Society a record 

 shall be annually made of all Donations of the amount or 

 value of Twenty Pounds and upwards which have been made 

 to the Society during the past twenty year^. 



The President also announced that he had appointed Mr. E. T. 

 Bkownjc, Prof. J. Ji. Parmeu, P. U.S., Mr. IIohaci; AV. Moncktun, 

 aud Mr. K. I. Pocock, P.K.S., Vice-Presidents. 



It was announced from the Chair that Lady Ciiisp had offered 

 the gift of an oil-painting by the late James Sant, E.A., of the 

 first admission of AVomen :is Pellows of the Pinnean Society, 

 which the Council had accepted ; it \\ould remain a permaueiit 

 reminder of an historic event. 



A series of 50 water-colour drawings of the oil-palm, Elaeis 

 fjuhuensis, by Mr. E. Swainson llALr>, P.L.S., were lent for 

 exhibition by the Director of the Imperial Institute, Dr. 

 AVyiidbam R. Dunstan, P.K.S. They were explained by Dr. A. 

 B. Eendle, F.R.S., Sec.L.S. 



This was followed by an exhibition by Mr. A. Whitehead, 

 B.Sc, of objects observed in the neighbourhood of Basra, during 

 the war, with lantern-slides of the country and the people, which 

 exhibition was communicated by Mr. H. Pindon, P.L.S. 



It gave rise to a discussion, in which Dr. A. B. Eendle, Mr. 

 Lester-Garland, Dr. R. J. Tillyard, Prof. W. J..Dakin, and Miss 

 Stephens took part, the exhibitor briefly replying. 



Prof. \Y . J. Dakin, P.L.S. , showed a large series of photographs, 

 as slides in the lantern, of Whaling in the Southern Ocean, 

 giving a detailed description of the operations by a Norwegian 

 association. 



Mrs. Rose Ilaig Thomas, F.L.S., contributed further observa- 

 tions upon a former whaling station in the Hebrides. 



June 17th, 1920. 



Dr. A. Smith AVoodwaud, 1*\R.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 3rd June, 1920, 

 were read and confirmed. 



The report of the Donations received since the last Meeting 

 was laid before the Pellows, and the thanks of the Society to the 

 several Donors were ordered. 



