48 Field Xaturalifits' Club— Proceedings. [vli""xxxvil. 



The following statement of assets and liabilities was also 

 presented : — 



Assets. 



Balance — Savings Bank and Lundon Bank ... ... £^2 S lo 



War Loan Bond ... ... ... ... ... 20 o o 



Arrears of Suhscriplions (;^6o), say... ... ... 40 o o 



Library and Furniture (Insurance A'aliie) ... ... 150 o o 



Deposit in Savings Bank for Plant Names Publication ... 83 14 2 



£z(>(> 



LlABII.ITIES. 



Subscriptions paid in advance ... ... ... £^ 2 6 



Deposit for Publication of Plant Names ... ... 83 14 2 



£91 16 8 



On the motion of Messrs. E. Cox and C. Daley, ^r..\., tlie 

 statement was received and adopted. 



.\ vote of tlianks to the officers for tlie past year, proposed l)y 

 Mr. J. Stickland and seconded by Mr. \i. Cox, was carried 

 unanimously. The retiring president, Mr. A. 1). Hardy, F.L.S., 

 in acknowledging the vote, referred to the generous action of 

 Mr. E. E. Pescott, who for several months had acted as honorary 

 secretary when the Club was hard pressed to find a successor 

 to Mr. P. C. Morrison, \\lio had to rt'lincjiiish tlir position owing 

 to ill-health. 



ELECTION OF OFFlC"E-]iE.\KEKS, H)20-Zl. 



The following office-l)earers, Ixnng the only nominations 

 received, were declared duly elected: — President, Mr. J. 

 Crabriel ; hon. treasurer, Mr. F. Pitcher : hi in. librarian, Mr. 

 P. R. H. St. John ; hon. cxlitor, Mr. V. (r. .\. Barnard ; hon. 

 secretary, Mr. R. W. Armitage, M.Sc, F.G.S. ; and hon. assistant 

 secretary and librarian, Mr. \\. Glance. 



On a ballot being takiMi for two vice-presidents, Messrs. V. 

 Chapman, A.L.S., and C. Daley, M.A., F.L.S., were duly elected. 



On a ballot being taken for five members of committee, Messrs. 

 G. Coghill, A. D. Hardv, F.L.S., J. A. Kershaw. 1<.E.S., ]. Searle, 

 and C. S. Sutton, M.B., B.S., were duly elected. 



Mr. A. D. Haidy in vacating the chair, after two years' occu- 

 ])ancy, in favour of the newly-elected president, Mr. J. Gabriel, 

 thanked the committee and members lor the assistance they had 

 given him in carrying out his duties as president of tlie Club. 

 He mentioned that li<: had prepared a presidctntial address 

 reviewing the work ol the Ckib and its possibilities, but owing 

 to the lateness of the hour it must be taken as read, and 

 would appear in the Naturalist* 



* [Owing to pressure of work, due to tlic recent strike, the .iddn ss c onld 

 not be set up in time for this number. — Ed. ]'icl. Nat.] 



