xxxiv Proceedings. [April 28th, igo^. 



and place : " That two scrutineers be appointed by the meeting, 

 and that they examine the balloting papers whilst the ordinary 

 business is being carried on, and report the result when 

 ascertained." 



The Annual Report of the Council and the Statement of 

 Accounts were presented, and it was moved by Dr. D. B, Hewitt, 

 seconded by Dr. George Wilson, and resolved: — "That the 

 Annual Report, together with the Statement of Accounts, be 

 adopted, and that they be printed in the Society's Proceedings^ 



The following members were elected officers of the Society 

 and members of the Council for the ensuing year : — 



President : W. Boyd Dawkins, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S. 

 Vice-Presidents : Sir William H. Bailey ; H. B. Dixon, 

 M. A., F.R.S. ; J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S. ; Charles 

 Bailey, M.Sc, F.L.S. 



Secretaries: Francis Jones, M.Sc, F. R.S.E., F.C.S. ; 

 Charles H. Lees, D.Sc. 



Treasurer : Arthur McDougall, B.Sc. 



Librarian: W. E. Hovle, M.A., M.Sc, F.R.S.E. 



Otlicr Members of Council : Horace Lamb, M.A., LL.D., 

 F.R.S. ; Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S. ; R. L. Taylor, F.C.S., 

 F.LC. ; F. E, Weiss, D.Sc, F.L.S. ; C. E. Stromeyer, 

 M.Inst.C.E. ; Frank Southern, B.Sc. 



Ordinary Meeting, April 28th, 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. 



Professor F. E. Weiss, D.Sc, made some remarks on the 

 pollination of the primrose, and exhibited some insects which he 

 had caught on primroses in the Church Stretton district. These 

 included specimens of Bonibus terrester^ Anthophora furcata, 



