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E. A. Newell Auber, M.A. : Henry Bury, M.A. ; Sir Frank 

 Crisp; Prof. Arthur Dendy, D.Sc, 1\E..S. ; Prof. J. B. Farmer, 

 F.R.S. ; Dr. G. Herbert Fowler ; Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner, 

 F.R.S. ; Arthur W. Hill, M.A. ; Prof. J. P. Hill, M.A., D.Sc. ; 

 John Hopkinson, F.G.S. ; Dr. B. Daydon Jackson ; Horace W. 

 MoNCKTON, F.G.S.; Prof. Francis W. Oliter, F.E.S.; Prof. E. B. 

 Poulton, F.R.S, ; Dr. A. B. Rendle, F.R.S. ; Dr. Walter George 

 RiDEWooD ; Miss Edith R. Saunders ; Dr. Dukinfield H. Scott, 

 F.R.S. ; Dr. Otto Stapf, F.R.S. ; Miss Ethel N". Thomas, B.Sc. 



The Ballot for the Officers having also been closed, the President 

 appointed the same Scrutineers, who, having cast up the votes, 

 reported to the President, who declared the result as follows : — 



President : Dr. Dukinfield H. Scott, M.A., F.R.S. 

 Treasurer : Horace W. Monckton, F.G.S. 

 Secretaries : Dr. B. Daydon Jackson, 



Prof. A. Dendy, D.Sc, F.R.S., 



Dr. Otto Staff, F.R.S. 



The President then referred in a few words to the losses the 

 Society had sustained by death during the past year. He also 

 announced to the Fellows the generous gift to the Society of =£200 

 by Sir Frank Crisp, for the encouragement of Microscopical 

 Research. The regulations adopted enjoin the award to be made 

 by the Council at intervals of five years, for the best paper in our 

 publications during the previous five years, contributed by our 

 own Fellows, the first award to be made in May 1'J12, and its 

 title to be the " Crisp Award for Microscopical Research." 



The Constitution of the Crisp Award for Microscopical Research 

 is as follows : — 



1. The Award to be made at intervals of not less than five 

 years. 



2. The Award to be given by the Council for the best paper 

 dealing with Microscopical Research. 



3. The Award to be confined to Fellows and to work published 

 by the Linnean Society since the previous award, and in the first 

 case during the five years previous. 



4. The first Award to be given in May 1912. 



5. The Award to be paid out of the accrued interest on the 

 ■£200, and to be accompanied by a bronze medal similar to the 

 Trail Medal, but bearing the words " Crisp Award for Micro- 

 scopical Research." 



6. The fund to be invested in Metropolitan Water Board B 

 Stock. 



7. With regard to the procedure in the event of the Award 

 being withheld, the provisions of the Trail Awai'd to be followed . 



The President then delivered his Annual Address as follows : — 

 LINN. see. proceedings. — SESSION 1909-1910. f 



