122 FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OP THE 



Dr. G. J. Romanes, F.R.S. ; Dr. P. L. Sclater, F.R.S. ; 

 Mr. Adam Sedgwick, F.R.S. ; Prof. Charles Stewart ; Mr. 

 W. F. R. Weldon, M.A. 



In addition to the above the following gentlemen, as 

 Governors of the Association, are ex officio members of the 

 Council : — Mr. Robert Bayly ; Mr. John Bayly ; The Prime 

 Warden of the Fishmongers' Company ; Mr. E. L. Beck- 

 with ; Mr. Bazley White ; Prof. Burdon Sanderson, M.D. ; 

 Prof. Michael Foster, F.R.S. 



Mr. E. L. Beckwith to be Chairman of the Council. 



The Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Association 

 was held in the Royal Society's rooms on Wednesday, June 

 27th, at 5 p.m. In the absence of the President, Prof. 

 Flower, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Association, took 

 the chair. 



The Hon. Secretary (Prof. Rat Lankester) read the Report 

 of Council (printed above), which was adopted unanimously. 



The Hon. Treasurer (Mr. F. Crisp) read the statement of 

 accounts for the past year, and his report was agreed to 

 unanimously. 



On the motion of Prof. Jeffrey Bell a vote of thanks was 

 passed to the Treasurer for his services. 



Dr. Evans moved a vote of thanks to the Hon. Secretary 

 (Prof. E. Ray Lankester) for his services to the Association. 

 He said that before separating the meeting would be glad to 

 offer a hearty vote of thanks to Prof. Lankester for all the 

 services that he had rendered to the Association. It was 

 true, and it was gratifying that it was true, that he was not 

 retiring from the post of Honorary Secretary, but he would 

 now be relieved, at all events to some extent, from that 

 part of the labours of the office that could be performed by 

 others. Dr. Evans had been a member of the Council ever 

 since the day when the Association was first started, and 

 had thus had some opportunity of forming an idea of the 

 enormous amount of thought, time, and labour that Prof. 



