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procedure, or the continuance of the scheme above referred to. Doubt- 

 less the Committee to be elected to-night will welcome any suggestions 

 regarding the future conduct of the Society's Excursions that may be 

 offered. 



At the invitation of the North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club, 

 our Society took part in an Excursion to Repton, on April 19th. 

 Several of our Members, under the leadership of Mr. '1'. C. Martin, 

 accompanied the Club, and on the return to Burton, a few of these 

 joined the members of the Club at tea at the Station Hotel. 



Mr. E. F. Daniel moved that the Report and Balance Sheet, as read, 

 be adopted, which motion was seconded by Mr. T. Knowles. 



Mr. W. T. Jeffcott moved as an amendment to the penultimate 

 paragraph of the Report : "That it be an instruction to the Committee 

 to devise some scheme to carry on the Excursions, and submit such 

 scheme to a General Meeting." This was seconded by Mr. J. E. Thrift, 

 but after some discussion was withdrawn, on the understanding that a 

 Special Meeting should be held later in the Session to discuss the 

 question. The Report and Balance Sheet were then agreed to. 



The Election of the Officers and Committee then took place. The 

 Vice-Presidents were re-elected on the motion of Mr. J. E. Thrift, 

 seconded by Mr. F. A. Bromwich. Mr. R. Harrison moved the re- 

 election of Dr. C. H. Morris as Hon. Secretary, this was seconded by 

 the President and carried unanimously. On the motion of Mr. Jeffcott, 

 seconded by Mr. R Churchill, the following re-appointments were 

 made— Mr. T. C. Martin, Excursion Secretary ; Mr. J. G. Wells, 

 Assistant Secretary ; Mr. J. E. Nowers, Librarian ; Mr. J. T. Harris, 

 Treasurer ; Mr. C. G. Matthews, Auditor. The Committee was then 

 elected as follows, on the proposition of Mr. J. G. Wells, seconded 

 by Mr. G. Meakin— Messrs. H. Bence, A. J. Brown, E. F. Daniel, 

 R. Harrison, W. T. Jeffcott, T. Knowles, F. E. Lott, R. Moxon, A. L. 

 Stern, and J. E. Thrift. 



The Hon. Secretary moved, and the President seconded, a motion 

 that the words "not more than ten" be substituted for "not less than six" 

 in line 3 of Rule 2. 



At the conclusion of the business the Photographic Section exhibited 

 a number of lantern slides, the work of its Members. 



