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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
oTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 
This was held on the 5th F ebruary, 1918, and was attended by 
15 members and 5 guests. 
The accounts for 1917 were presented and passed. A statement 
as to the affairs of the Society during the year was made by the Presi- 
dent, Mr. W. J. F. Williamson, in which he mentioned that the Society 
then numbered 79 members, an increase of two on the previous year. 
On the proposal of Mr. Brewitt-Taylor, seconded by Mr. 
Lambert, the officers of the Society for 1917 were re-elected en bloc ; 
and on the proposal of Mr. Nunn, seconded by Mr. Lambert, Dr. Smith 
and Mr. Williamson were again elected Editors of the Journal. 
Dr. Smith moved a resolution that “ Persons of enemy nation- 
ality shall no longer be eligible for membership of the Society.” Dis- 
cussion took place as to whether the resoulution would cover present 
members of enemy nationality of the Society, and an alteration to the 
resolution was ultimately proposed by Mr. Lambert, miking the reso- 
lution run as follows :—‘ That the names of persons of enemy nation- 
ality, who are now members of the Society,-be struck off the list of 
members, and that persons of enemy nationality shall no longer be 
eligible for membership of the Society” This was accepted by Dr. 
Smith. The motion was opposed by Mr. Cable on the ground that the 
Society was a Society for scientific research, and as such should wel- 
come contributions from any source irrespective of the nationality of 
the investigator. The motion, as amended, having been seconded by 
Mr. Lambert, was put to the vote and earried by 7 votes to 3, a number 
of those present not voting. 
This concluded the business part of the meeting, and a display 
of specimens by the following members then took place:—by Mr. 
Williamson, a collection of birds from Nong Kae, 8. W. Siam; by Dr. 
Smith, a large number of sea snakes collected in the Gulf of Siam and 
upon the coasts of the Malay Peninsula; while Mr. Godfrey gave an 
interesting display of butterflies, 
2nd ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING, 1918. 
This was held on the 19th June, 1918, and attended by 19 
members and 9 guests. 
Dr. Smith exhibited a series of reptiles and batrachians obtain- 
ed by him on a recent visit to sotthern Annam, and gave an account 
of the country visited, illustrated by maps and a number of photo- 
graphs. Mr Williamson exhibited some new or noteworthy Siamese 
birds and birds’ eggs, and Mr. Gudfrey shewed a collection of spiders 
and scorpions. 
3kD ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. 
This was held on the 4th December, 1918, and attended by 18 
members and 9 guests. Mr. Th. H. Lyle exhibited a small co!lection of 
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