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THE ANNUAL MEETING— February 26th, 1867. 



Tie annual meeting of this flourishing and useful society was held at the 

 City Arms Hotel, in this city, on Tuesday, when Dr. Bull, the retiring 

 President, occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance of memhers. 

 The President reported fuUy the proceedings of the Central Committee 

 throughout the year, and read a statement of the accounts, which showed 

 that, notwithstanding an increased outlay, the society had added a balance to 

 its reserve fund. He stated that the number of members had considerably 

 increased in the year. The report and statement of accounts were duly 

 adopted ; certain proposals with the view of enhancing the permanent value 

 of the Society's Transactions, were agreed to ; and four field meetings were 

 fixed, to be held at Colwall, Llandrindrod, Ludlow — so as to meet the British 

 Archaeological Institute — and Woolhope. 



Chandos Wren Hoskyns, Esq., of Harewoo<l, was then unanimously 

 elected President for the ensuing year. 



The President-elect, amid applause, expressed his inability to find 

 words which would adequately express his sense of the kindness shown him 

 by his feUow-members of the Woolhope Club in appointing him to the oflSce 

 of president. He felt, in accepting the post, that it was a high honour, more 

 especially when he bore in mind the great ability and the conspicuous business 

 talent which had been displayed by Dr. Bull in his year of oflfice (applause). 

 The management had been admirable in all respects, nothing having been 

 wanting to complete the success of the various meetings ; and he felt that 

 this made the task of any one who followed Dr. Bull in office more difficult. 

 In regard to geology, he confessed that, although he had been a member of 

 the 'Warwickshire Field Club — one of the earliest after the Tyne-side, 

 which was the original of all these clubs — down to the time when he had 

 become a member of the Woolhope, he felt that the progress of the science 

 of late years had been so great as to leave him behind. He was glad, however, 

 to find from the transactions, that the geology of the district had been i;;ire- 

 fully studied and described : and he should be happy to render his services as 

 president towards the further cultivation of that and the other branches of 

 the natural history of the county (applause). 



The following gentlemen were then elected vice-presidents for the year : — 

 The Rev. S. Clarke, the Kev. Thos. Woodhouse ; H. Salwey, Esq. ; and T. 

 Curley. Esq. The honorary secretary, the Rev. George H. Comewall, 

 the Treasurer and Assistant Secretary, Mr. Artiiiir Thompson, were 

 re-elected unanimously ; and, after the transaction of the remaining business, 

 the President called upon Mr, Blashill for his paper on the Water Ranunculi. 



