4 PROCERDINGS OF THE 



Norman Douglas Simpson, Ji.A. (Cantab.), and Douglas Miller 

 Rei'l were proposed as Fellow s. 



The following were elected Fellows by ballot: — 



Prof. Walter Garstang, M.A., D.Sc.(Oxon.); Walter Sidney 



Stevens; Miss Winifred Mary Ailsa Lomas, B.Se. ; and William 



Kae Sherriffs, M.A., B.Sc.(Aberd.). 



The President remarked upon a repre.sentation of a section of 

 Derbyshire from East to West, executed in samples of the 

 respective rocks by Mr. White Watson, who was elected a Fellow 

 in 17U5 and whose death was reported at the Anniversary ^Meeting 

 of 18li7. He was connected with the Post Oftice and the dispatch 

 of the mails, and in 1794 he prepared the representation aliove 

 mentioned, issuing also a pamphlet descriptive of it. The British 

 Museum (Natural History) possesses the pamphlet but not the 

 tablet here shown, which measures 19" by 13". As the tablet 

 is somewhat remote from the pursuits of the Linnean Society, the 

 Council has suggested that it would be appropriate to transfer 

 the tablet to the Trustees of the British Museum. It was given 

 to the Society on the 24th May, 1810. 



On a show of hands this suggestion was adopted. 



The President exhibited a newly-discovered human skull from 

 the lihodesia Broken Hill Exploration Company's mine in N.W. 

 Rhodesia. It evidently belonged to an extinct race of cave-men, 

 with a skull nnich resembling that of the European cave-men of 

 the Neanderthal race, but with an erect skeleton. 



Prof. E. S. Goodrich, F.R.8., See.L.S., proposed a vote of 

 thanks to the President for this exhibition, the first made before 

 any scientific society ; this was accorded by acclamation. 



Capt. A. W. Hill, F.E.S., then gave an account of his recent 

 official visit to the Cameroons and Nigeria. He described the 

 settlement of Victoria and gave its historj'", passing to the Botanic 

 Garden there, having an area of 200 acres, with laboratory, 

 herbarium, and museum buildings, now awaiting restoration to 

 their proper function. The site is admirable, and the soil good ; 

 connected with this garden are the experimental plots of tea and 

 cinchona at Buea, at an altitude of 3300-3600 feet on the 

 Cameroon Mountain. 



The lecturer then sketched his journey in Nigeria and his visit 

 to the Bauchi Plateau, Northern Provinces, where he had the good 

 fortune to enlist the services of Mr. H. Y. Lely, the Forestry 

 Officer of the district, and others for collecting specimens of the 

 local flora. Over 600 specimens liave already been received at 

 Kew from Mr. Lely, and so far as they have been determined show 

 a large proportion of new species. The flora of the plateau shows 

 interesting affinities with the flora of Abyssinia and Nyasaland. 



The lecture was illustrated by a large series of lantern-slides. 



Dr. Stapf, F.R.S., and Dr. Rendle, F.R.S., See.L.S., contributed 

 further remarks, and Captain Hill briefly replied. 



