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that under these circumstances he cannot have control over his 

 actions ? If these levers were covered with a dead surface, at 

 least one possible cause of accident would be removed. A man 

 may look down a coal-pit quite easily without confusion to the 

 mind, whilst he cannot so easily look down from a high cliff upon 

 the moving sea below ; this is doubtless due both to the motion 

 and to the shining appearance of the water. Accidents also 

 frequently occur through workpeople falling into vats of boiling 

 liquor, which would seem to show that the vats ought to be 

 covered or otherwise protected. If these accidents are traced to 

 their source, I think they will frequently be found to be due to 

 the semi-dazed or hypnotic state of the individual. 



Annual General Meeting, April 29TH, 1902. 

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



Mr. Francis Sorell Arnold, M.B., Ch.B., Manchester, 

 Miss Mary Dendy, Withington, and Mr. Arthur M. Herbert, 

 B.A., Timperley, were elected ordinary members of the Society. 



The Secretary announced, in accordance with Rule 22 of 

 the Articles of Association, that the names of H. A. Henderson, 

 and T. B. Wilson had been erased by the Council from the 

 register in consequence of non-payment of their subscriptions. 



The Annual Report of the Council and the Statement of 

 Accounts were presented, and it was moved by Professor 

 F. E. Weiss, seconded by Mr. W. H. Todd, 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 : Charles Bailey, M.Sc, P\L.S. 



Vice-Presidents : J. E. King, M.A. ; R. F. Gwyther, M.A. ; 

 H. B. Dixon, M.A., F.R.S. ; Sir William H. Bailey. 



