March ji St, ipoj.] PROCEEDINGS. xxix 



Ordinary Meeting, March 31st, 1903. 

 Charles Bailey, M.Sc, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of the 

 books upon the table. Amongst the recent additions to the 

 Society's library were the following -.—''List and Catalooiie of the 

 Piibiicatioiis issued by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Sntvey, 

 i8i6-igo2 " (4to., Washington, 1902), presented by the Survey; 

 " TAe Sub-mechanics of the Universe,'' by Professor O. Reynolds 

 (8vo., Cambridge, 1903), presented by the Royal Society; and 

 " Ueber das farbige Licht der Doppeistertte,'" von C. Doppler 

 (8vo., Prag, 1903), presented by the K. Bohmische Cesellschaft 

 der Wissenschaften. 



The members present were asked to consider the proposals 

 of the Council with regard to the election of Officers and 

 members of Council, as stated in a circular which had been 

 sent to each member, and of which the following is a copy : — 



March, igoj. 

 In response to the desire expressed by the members of the 

 Society at the last Annual Meeting, that some 

 better method of electing the Officers and Council 

 of the Society than that at present in use should 

 be devised, the Council decided to adopt the 

 following procedure : — 



1. The existing Council to issue to the members of the 



Society, two weeks before the Annual Meeting, a 

 list of suggested Officers and Council for the 

 ensuing year. 



2. The list to include at least two names not on the list of 



existing Officers and Council. 



3. The list to be printed in a convenient form for use as a 



balloting list, and the Members to be informed on 

 it that they may, if they desire, substitute other 

 names for those suggested by the Council. 



