The election of Officers and Committee then took place, and the 

 Rev. C. F. Thornewill proposed the re-election of the President, Mr. 

 Horace T. Brown. This was seconded by Mr. T. Knowles, and carried 

 with acclamation. 



The Vice-Presidents, General and Excursion Secretaries, Treasurer, 

 and other Officers were unanimously re-elected. 



The Committee, with the addition of Messrs. E. F. Daniel, T. C. 

 Day, and A. Fox, were also re-elected 



Some alterations in the Rules were agreed to, and the meeting 

 terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the Chairman and retiring 

 Officers. 



REPORT AND BALANCE SHEET FOR THE INTERIM 

 SESSION, 1888. 



The only General Meeting we have to chronicle in the six months 

 embraced in this Report is one held after the Annual General Meeting, 

 on Friday, April 6th, when the President read a Paper on "The Per- 

 mian Rocks of the Leicestershire Coal Field: the origin of their Breccias, 

 and the physical conditions under which the beds were deposited." 

 There were 29 members and friends present, giving an average of 36 for 

 each of the six meetings during the Winter. 



The Committee have again to congratulate the Society on the 

 election of a large number of new members during the period covered 

 by this Report. They, however, regret to announce the death of two 

 of the origmal members of the Society — Mr J. Matthews and Dr. P. 

 Griess. 



The roll of Members is as follows: — 



Subscribing Members— Januarj', 1888 144 



Resigned 7 



Dead 2 9 



New Members 



135 

 19 



Subscribing Members — October, 1888 154 



Honorary Members 7 



161 



