XU PROCEEDINGS, 



OKDiNARr Meeting, 15th Janitart, 1892, at "Watford. 



John Hopkinson, Esq., F.L.S., F.G.S., etc.. President, in the 

 Chair. 



The following resolution was proposed from the Chair and 

 carried Jiem. con. : — 



" That this meeting deeply sympathises with their Eoyal High- 

 nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales in the sad loss they have 

 sustained by the death of their eldest son, his Royal Highness the 

 Duke of Clarence and Avondale." 



Mr. William Fisk, L.D.S., and Mr. F. Sumner Knyvett were 

 elected Membei's of the Society. 



Miss Janet Archer, St. George's Villa, Chalk Hill, Watford, and 

 Mr. William Henry Lees, Sandonbury, Royston, were proposed for 

 membership. 



The following lecture was delivered : — 



" Crocodiles and Canaries." By Arthur Stradling, M.R.C.S., 

 F.Z.S. 



Mr. Daniel Hill and Mr. T. Yaughan Roberts were elected 

 auditors of the accounts for 1891. 



Anniversary Meeting, 19th February, 1892. 

 (At Watford.) 



John Hopeinson, Esq., F.L.S., F.G.S., etc., President, in the 

 Chair. 



The Report of the Council for 1891, and the Treasurer's Account 

 of Income and Expenditure, were read and adopted. 



The President delivered an Address on "Francis Bacon." {Trans- 

 actions, Vol. VII, p. 1.) 



The following gentlemen were duly elected as the Officers and 

 Council for the ensuing year : — 



President. — John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S. , F.R.Met.Soc, etc. 



Vice-Presidents. — Alfred T. Brett, M.D. ; the Right Honourable 

 the Earl of Clarendon ; Richard B. Croft, R.N., F.L.S., F.R.M.S. ; 

 John Evans, D.C.L., LL.D., Sc D., Treas.R.S., Pres.S.A., etc.; 

 William Ransom, F.S.A., F.L.S. ; C. E. Shelly, M.A., M.D. 



Treasurer. — John Weall. 



B.on. Secretaries. — John Morison, M.D., F.G.S.; and F. M. 

 Campbell, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.R.M.S., F.E.S. 



Librarian. — W. R. Carter, B.A. 



Curator.— K. E. Gibbs, F.L.S. 



Other J/mJ^ns.— Professor John Attfield, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., 

 F.I.C., F.C.S. ; A. P. Blathwayt; Percival Bosanquet ; Arthur M. 

 Brown, M.A. ; Alfred Eteson, M.D. ; Upheld Green, F.G.S. ; 

 Augustus Hawks ; George Rooper, F.Z.S. ; F. W. Silvester ; 

 Arthur Stradling, F.Z.S. ; James Thornhill, F.L.S. ; the Rev. E. 

 T. Vaughan, M.A. 



