WATFOEI) NAXrEAL HISTORY SOCIETY. XXXVU 



ANNUAL MEETING, 13th Febktjary, 1879. 

 Alfred T. Brett, Esq., M.D., President, in the Chair. 



The Right Honourable the Earl Cowper, K.G., Panshanger, 

 Hertford, and Mr. Bernard C. Smith, Southfield House, "VVatford, 

 were elected Members of the Society. 



The Report of the Council for 1878, and the Treasurer's Account 

 of Income and Expenditure, were read and adopted. 



The President delivered an Address. ( Vide p. 157.) 



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.—^. Gwyn Jeffreys, LL.D., E.R.S., E.L.S., E';G.S.,etc. 



Vice-Presidents.— Ame^iT. Brett,M.D ; Arthur Cottam,E.R. A. S. ; 

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

 A. Pryor, B.A., E.L.S. 



Treasurer. — Charles F. Humbert, F.G.S. 



Sonorary Secretary and Lihrarian. — John Hopkinson, F.L.S., 

 F.G.S., F.R.M.S., F.M.S. 



Honorary Curator. — W. Lepard Smith. 



Other Members of the Council— Trot John Attfield, Ph.D., F.C.S. ; 

 R. Russell Carew, F.R.G.S., F.C.S. ; E. M. Chater ; Lieut. R. B. 

 Croft, R.N., F.L.S., F.R.M.S. ; the Right Honourable the Lord 

 Ebury ; the Right Honourable the Earl of Essex ; H. George 

 Fordham, F.G.S. ; James U. Harford ; John E. Littleboy ; J. Logan 

 Lobley, F.G.S., F.R.G.S. ; the Rev. C. M. Perkins, M.A. ; Joseph 

 Pollard. 



It was then resolved — 



That the thanks of the Society be given to Dr. Brett, retiring 

 from the office of President ; to Mr. J. Logan Lobley, retiring from 

 the office of Vice-President ; and to the Rev. Canon Gee, D.D., 

 Mr. J. E. Harting, and Mr. F. W. Silvester, retiring from the 

 Council. 



Report of the Coustcil for 1878. 



In presenting their fourth Annual Report, the Council of the 

 "Watford Natural History Society and Hertfordshire Field Club 

 have pleasure in congratulating the members on the continued 

 prosperity of the Society and on the influential position it main- 

 tains in the County, its members being distributed over almost 

 every part of Hertfordshire, and its Natural History investigations 

 having an equally extensive range. 



During the year sixteen ordinary members have been elected ; 

 three members have compounded for their annual subscriptions ; 

 eleven members have I'esigned ; two members have been excluded 

 from the Society for non-payment of their subscriptions for three 

 years ; and the Council regret that they have again to record the 

 loss of two members by death — Mr, Hemy Haynes and Mr. 

 Richard Morgan. 



