xxvi Proceedings. [April 2StIi, igr^. 



an incombustible residue of vegetable structure. This material 

 closely resembles the ash obtained by burning wood. It has 

 been found possible to isolate the spores from certain coals 

 by maceration with Schultz solution. Common coal appears to be 

 essentially similar in character to the material formed in "coal- 

 balls " with the difference that in place of being impregnated 

 with carbonate of lime, the mass has been impregnated with its 

 own decomposition products. 



Annual General Meeting, April 2Sth, 19 14. 



The President, Mr. Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S., 

 in the Chair. 



The Annual Report of the Council and the Statement of 

 Accounts were presented, and it was resolved : — That the 

 xAnnual Report, together with the Statement of Accounts, be 

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



Mr. Arthur Adamson and Dr. Walter AIakower were 

 appointed Scrutineers of the balloting papers. 



The following members were elected Officers of the Society 

 and Members of the Council for the ensuing year : — 



President : Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S. 



Vice-Presidents : Francis Jonics, M.Sc, F.R.S.E., F.C.S.; 

 William Burton, M.A., F.C.S. ; Sydney J. Hickson, M.A., 

 D.Sc, F.R.S. ; G. Elliot Smith, M.A., M.D., F.R.S. 



Secretaries: R. L. Taylor, F.C.S., F.I.C ; George Hick- 

 ling, U.Sc, F.G.S. 



Treasurer: W. Henry Todd. 



Librarian: C. L. Barnes, M.A. 



Other Members of tJie Council: T. A. Coward, F.Z.S. , 

 F.E.S.; W. W. Haldane Gee, B.Sc, M.Sc.Tech., A.M.I.E.E.; 

 R. F. GwYTHER, M.A. ; H. R. Hasse, M.A., D.Sc. ; Thomas 

 Thorp, F.R.A.S. ; W. M. Tattersall, D.Sc. 



