HERTFORDSHIRE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETr. xHii 



Anniversary Meeting, 20Tn February, 1883. 



(At Watford.) 



George Roofer, Esq., F.Z.S., President, in the Chair. 



Isaac Brown, Kendal; Thomas Henry Huxley, LL.D., Ph.D., 

 F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S., F.Z.S., etc.. Professor of Natural History at 

 the Royal School of Minos, Museum, South Kensington, and 4, 

 Marlborough Place, Abbey Road, London, N.W. ; John Gwya 

 Jeffreys, LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S., F.Z.S. ; and Thomas 

 Rupert Jones, F.R.S., F.G.S., late Professor of Geology at the 

 Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 10, Uvcrdale Road, King's 

 Road, Chelsea, London, S.W., were elected Honorary Members of 

 the Society. 



The Report of the Council for 1882, and the Treasurer's Account 

 of Income and Expenditure, were read and adopted. 



The President delivered an Address. (^Transactions, Vol. II, 

 p. 173.) 



The Balloting-glass having been removed, and the lists examined 

 by the Scrutineers, the following gentlemen were declared to have 

 been duly elected as the Officers and Council for the ensuing year. 



President. — The Right Honourable the Earl Cowper, K.G. 



Vice-Presidents.— ?xoie^sov John Attfield, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.C.S. ; 

 Alfred Fowell Buxton ; Frank M. Campbell, F.L.S., F.Z.S., 

 F.R.M.S. ; John Evans, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., F.S.A., F.L.S., 

 F.G.S., etc. ; William Ransom; and George Rooper, F.Z.S. 



Treasurer. — Sydney Humbert. 



Honorary Secretaries —^\c\i-;ix(\. B. Croft, R.N., F.L.S., F.R.M.S., 

 and John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.M.S., F.M.S. 



Librarian. — Allan Barraud. 



Curator. — William Verini. 



Other Members.— The Rev. Canon Bradby, M.A. ; Alfred T. 

 Brett, M.D. ; E. M. Chater ; AKred J. Copeland ; Arthur Cottam, 

 F.R.A.S.; theRev. C.W.Harvey, M. A., F.M.S. ; John E.Littleboy; 

 Frederick W. Phillips, F.L.S. ; Frank W. Silvester, F.M.S. ; W. 

 Lepard Smith ; the Rev. E. T. Vaughan, M.A. ; and John Weali. 



It was then resolved — 



That the thanks of the Society be given to Mr. George Rooper, 

 retiring from the office of President ; to the Right Hon. the Earl 

 Cowper, K.G., Dr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S., etc., and Mr. John E. 

 Littleboy, retiring from the office of Vice-President ; to Mr. E. M. 

 Chater, retiring from the office of Librarian ; to Mr. F. W. Silvester, 

 retiring from the office of Curator ; and to Mr. H. George Fordham, 

 F.G.S., Mr. Charles F. Humbert, F.G.S., Mr. J. Logan Lobley, F.G.S., 

 and Mr. Joseph Pollard, retiring from the Council. 



The thanks of the Society were also accorded to the Honorary 

 Secretaries, Mr. R. B. Croft and Mr. John Hopkinson. 



