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the University to found a Prize for proficiency iu Geology and 

 Mineralogy, eligible to those who have passed Part 1. of the Natural 

 Science Tripos and not of more than ten Terms' standing. 



On Christmas Eve, 1901, he fell when returning home, suffering 

 a compound fracture of the right thumb ; but the end was 

 approaching, though he died practically in harness to the last. 

 He preached on Sunday evening, 26th October, 1902, at St. Cle- 

 ments, and came home in apparent good health ; between one and 

 two in the morning he complained of severe pain in the chest, but 

 was relieved by some simple remedies, and he lay down to sleep 

 again, during which he quietly passed away, without again waking, 

 from angina pectoris. 



The writer has to thank Mr. E. W. Wiltshire, son of our 

 deceased Fellow, for much of the foregoing information. 



June 4th, 1903. 

 Mr. George Sharp Saunders in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the Anniversary Meeting, 25th May, were read 

 and confirmed. 



Messrs. Edward Alexander Newell Arber, George Wallace 

 Eustace, and Robert Alexander Robertson wei*e elected, and 

 Mr. Montague Frank Hopson was admitted a Fellow of the 

 Society. 



The Chairman announced that the President had appointed the 

 following to be Vice-Presidents for the ensuing year : — Mr. Frank 

 Crisp, Mr. C. B. Clarke, Prof. .1. B. Farmer, and Mr. A. O. 

 AValker. 



Dr. HocKEX, F.L.S., of Diinedin, New Zealand, reminded the 

 Societv that the next biennial meeting of the Australasian Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science will be held at Dunedin, 

 in January 1904 ; and that the Members would welcome any 

 Fellows of the Linnean Society who might be able to pay a visit 

 to New Zealand on that occasion ; every facility for travelling at 

 special rates to visit the celebrated scenery will be afforded by the 

 New Zealand Gov^ernment, and Dr. Hocken will be happy to give 

 detailed information to prospective visitors. 



Mr. R. Morton Middleton, F.L.S., exhibited a holograph 

 letter from Linnaeus to Philip Miller, dated Upsala, 3 August, 

 1763, and read a translation of the same. A few remarks were 

 added by the General Secretary. 



Mr. Y. N. Williams, F.L.S., showed a series of 100 drawings 

 of British CompositsD, 20 being Hieracia, drawn in pen-and-ink by 

 Mr. E. AV. Hunnybun, of Huntingdon, an accomplished artist and 

 British field-botanist. 



