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upon the association of such stones with the folk-lore of the 

 district. 



Mr. Spencer H. Bickham, F.L.S., exhibited over a 

 hundred specimens of Caoutchouc, obtained from all the 

 known sources of supply, and gave an interesting description of 

 the methods of collection and preparation employed in the 

 different countries where this product is obtained. He remarked 

 upon the geographical distribution of the trees from which 

 caoutchouc is extracted, and stated that, whilst it is obtained 

 from various trees belonging to different natural orders of plants, 

 the trees of different orders are never found growing together. 

 Thus, the rubber-bearing plants of the order Euphorbiaceae 

 are found in the Brazils, those of the order Apocynaceaj in 

 Central America, and so on. 



Annual General Meeting, April 2Sth, 1903. 



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



Professor F. W. Clarke, of the United States Geological 

 Survey, was elected an honorary member of the Society. 



Mr. H. SiDEBOTTOM, Cheadle Hulme, and Mr. Charles W. 

 Sutton, M.A., Chief Librarian of the Manchester Public Free 

 Libraries, were elected ordinary members of the Society. 



The Secretary announced, in accordance with Rule 22 of 

 the Articles of Association, that the names of J. Grossmann and 

 A. Shearer had been erased by the Council from the register in 

 consequence of the non-payment of their subscriptions. 



Professor F. E. Weiss gave notice that he would move the 

 following resolution, at a general meeting previous to the next 

 Annual General Meeting: "That the Officers and Council for 

 the next session be balloted for en bloc." 



Mr. W. E. HoYLE also gave notice that, in the event of Prof. 

 Weiss' motion being carried, he would move at the same time 



