14 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



May 4th, 1905. 

 Prof. W. A. Heedman, P.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the Greneral Meeting of the 6th April were 

 read and conflrmed. 



The Rev. William Jenkins Webb Anderson, B.M., B.S., 

 Patshan Hospital, Canton, and Mr. Hugh Praser Macmillan, 

 Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon, were 

 proposed as Fellows. 



Mr. Arthur James Dicks and Mrs. Maude Muff were elected 

 Fellows. 



Prof. Paul Friedrich August Ascherson, Prof. Gottlieb Haber- 

 landt, Prof. Ainbrosius Arnold Willem Hubrecht, and Prof. 

 Charles Rene Zeiller were elected Foreign Members. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "The Botany of Gough Island. — Part I. Phanerogams and 

 Ferns.'' Bv R. N. Rudmose Brown, B.Sc. (Communicated by 

 W. B. Hemsley, F.R.S., F.L.8.) 



2. " The Study of Vegetation : its present Condition and 

 probable Development." By Prof. A. G. Tansley, F.L.S. 



.3. " Biscayan Plankton .---Part V. The Schizopoda." By Messrs. 

 E. W. L. Holt and W. M. Tattersall. (Communicated by Dr. G. 

 Herbert Fowler, F.L.S.) 



May 24th, 1905. 



Anniversary Meeting. 



Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 4th May were read 

 and conlirmed. 



Mr. Reginald Innes Pocock, F.Z.S., Mrs. Maude MuflF, Miss 

 Lilian Jane Clarke, Mrs. Maria Matilda Ogilvie Gordon, D.Sc. 

 Lond., Ph.D. Munich, Her Grace the Duchess of Bedford, 

 Lady Busk, Mr. William Wise, and the Rev. William Moyle 

 Rogers were admitted Fellows. 



The Treasurer then laid his Annual Statement of Accounts 

 before the Fellows, as shown on p. 15, and the President having 

 spoken briefly, Mr. Henry Groves moved, and Prof. F. W. Oliver, 

 F.R.S., seconded, " That the Treasurer's statement be adopted," 

 which was carried. 



