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Mr. John Hopkinson moved : — " That the President be thanked 

 for his excellent Address, and that he be requested to allow it to 

 be pi'inted and cii'culated amongst the Pellows," which was 

 seconded by Mr. P. Ewinc4, and carried unanimously. 



The ballots for Council and Officers having been respectively 

 closed at the times recjuired by the Bye-Laws, the President 

 appointed Mr. George S. Saunders, INIr. E. li. Burdon, and Mr. 

 Henry Groves, Scrutineers. The votes having been counted by 

 them and reported to the President, he declared the result as 

 follows : — 



For the Council: — E. A. jSTewell Arbee, M.A., Leonard A. 

 Boodle, Esq., Prof. Gilbert G. Bourne, D.Sc, Sir Prank Crisp, 

 Prof. Arthur Dendy, D.Sc, F.R.S., Prof. J. B. Farmer, F.R.S., 

 Dr. G. Herbert Fowler, Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., Prof. 

 J. P. Hill, M.A., D.Sc, John Hopkinson, F.G.S., Dr. B. Daydon 

 Jackson, Horace W. Monckton, F.G.S., Prof. F. W. Oliyer, 

 F.R.S., R. INNES PococK, F.Z.S., Lt.-Col. D. Prain, F.R.S., Miss 

 Ethel Sargant, Dr. Dukinfield H. Scott, F.R.S., Dr. Otto 

 Staff, F.R.S., Prof. F. E. Weiss, D.Sc, and Dr. A. Smith Wood- 

 ward, F.R.S. 



The President then appointed the same Scrutineers to examine 

 the ballot for the Officers, and the votes having been cast up and 

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



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



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



Secretaries : Dr. ]3. Daydon Jackson, 



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

 Dr. Otto Staff, F.R.S. 



The President then addressing the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, 

 M.A., F.R.S., some time Fellow and Tutor of AYorcester College, 

 Oxford, and recently Zoological Secretary of the Linnean Society, 

 spoke as follows : — 



Mr. Stebbing, — Pleasant as it always must be to a President 

 to act as the representative of the Council in declaring the award 

 of the Linnean Medal to a distinguished man of Science, I think 

 you will understand how especially congenial the duty is to me 

 on the present occasion, when the worthy recipient is a tried 

 friend and has been an honoured colleague. To you and to me, 

 Mr. Stebbiug, it might be more natural and more pleasant if 1 

 were able to stop at this point ; but, as you are aware, it is our 

 custom to have the claims of the medallist recited, so 1 must do 

 my duty even to your face, and you must submit with what 

 patience you can muster. 



