xxviii A7inual Report of the Conncil. 



The Society has to lament the death of Mr. Arthur 

 McDouGALL, B.Sc, who was a member for many years, and 

 who served the Society for seven years as Honorary Treasurer. 



The Committees appointed by the Council daring the year 

 were as follows : — 



House and Finance. 



The President. Mr. F. Nicholson. 



Mr. Fran'cis Jones. Mr. W. H. Todd. 



Mr. C. L. Barnes. Dr. H. G. A. Hicki.ing. 

 Mr. R. L. Taylor. 



Editorial. 



The President. Professor E. Rutherford. 



Professor S. J. Hickson. Mr. R. L. Taylor. 



Dr. H. G. A. Hickling. The Assistant Secretary. 



Wilde Endowment. 

 The President. Mr W. H. Todd. 



Mr. Francis Jones. Mr. R. L. Taylor. 



Dr. H. G. A. Hickling. 



Special Library Periodical Coniinittee. 

 The President. Mr. C. L. Barnes. 



Professor S. J. Hickson. Professor E. Rutherford. 



Professor W. W. Haldane Gee. Mr. R. F. Gwyther. 

 Mr. R. L. Taylor. Dr. H. G. A. Hickling. 



The Assistant Secretary. 



Alfred Broihers, F.R.A.S., was born at Sheerness in 

 1826 and died at Handforth, Cheshiie, on August 25th, 1912. 

 He was the son of a chemist and druggist, but had the mis- 

 fortune to lose his father when he was only 14 years of age, so 

 that his educational opportunities were limited. Fur some time 



