April 15th, igo/.] PROCEEDINGS. 



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"Your Council is sorry to report the resignation of Mr. 

 Theodore Sington as Honorary Secretary, an office which he 

 has held for the last nine years, and the duties of which he has 

 discharged with considerable zeal and efficiency," 



Treasurer's Statement of Accounts. 



Skssiox 1 900- 1 901. Cr. 



Dr. 



£ s. d. 

 To Balance at Bankers and Cash 



in hand 24 12 3 



,, Subscriptions and Arrears.. .. 10 5 o 



„ Bank Interest o 9 6 



J&35 6 9 



£ s. 



By Books and Periodicals 4 



., Tea, Coffee, &c., at Meetings 213 10^ 



,, Printing and Stationery .... 2 11 9 



,, Postages, &c i 13 2 



,, Balance, April 15th, 1901 .... 24 5 5J 



^^35 6 9 



Audited, April 15th, 1901. 



Signed,/J°«^ ^°^°- 



(.J. FENWICK ALLEN. 



The Annual Report and Statement of Accounts were duly 

 approved and passed, 



The following Members and Associates were appointed the 

 Council for the ensuing year : — 



President - - - - Charles Bailey, F.L.S. 

 Vice-Presidents - - John Boyd ; 



Mark Stirrup, F.G.S. ; and 

 Thomas Rogers, 

 Treasurer - - - - John R. Ragdale, C.C. 

 Honorary Secretary: J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S. 



Council J. Fenwick Allen ; 



R, E. Cunliffe; 

 W. E. HoYLE, M.A., F.R.S.E. ; 

 Henry Hyde; 



Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S.; and 

 C. H. Schill. 

 Mr. Thomas Rogers exhibited a number of fossil ferns and 

 mosses which had been found in the debris of Roman Manchester 

 during the excavations of recent years, and he described the 

 localities where they were found and the conditions under which 

 the plants must be assumed to have grown. 



