Proceedings. xcvii. 



Mr. H. T. Mennell moved " That in future the officers of 

 «' the Club be nominated in writing, and that such nommations 

 «' be sent to the Secretary not later than the second Wednes- 

 «' day in January, or seven clear days before the Annual 

 " Meeting. That a printed list of all the nominations of the 

 " officers of the Club be circulated at the Annual Meetings, 

 " and that the members present vote by ballot, by striking out 

 " such names as they do not desire to vote for, and placing^ 

 " the lists in an urn on the table. Scrutineers to be appointed' 

 " at the meeting, and the votes to be counted and declared 

 " during the course of the meeting." 



The motion having been seconded by Mr. E. Lovett was 

 put to the meeting and carried unanimously. 



Dr. Carpenter moved " That the Club approves of the 

 «' plan proposed by the Committee that in future the transac- 

 " tions of the Club contain only papers on local subjects or 

 " such as are the result of original observation and research." 

 Seconded by Mr. Flower, put to the meeting, and carried. 

 Mr. H. T. Mennell moved a vote of thanks to Mr. K. 

 McKean for his services as Secretary during the past year. 



Mr. Sturge seconded the motion which was cordially 

 approved by the meeting. 



The business of the Annual Meeting being concluded, 

 Mr. W. F. Stanley read a paper " On some new Observa- 

 tions of Vortex Motions and of Evidence of the possibility of 

 such Motions being active in Vital Systems." Assisted by 

 Mr. W. Low Sargeant, the lecturer gave some beautiful 

 experiments illustrating whirl motions in vapours and fluids. 

 At the conclusion of the discussion which followed, a hearty 

 vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Stanley. 



The following objects were exhibited: — ^Jas. Epps, Junr. 

 satin leaves from Cape of Good Hope, scale of pike, and 

 scale of sole ; W. F. Stanley, injected blood vessels, cerebrum 

 of cat ; A. Warner, human ovary showing graffian vesicles ; 

 H. Turner, inoceramus (sp ?) from basement bed of Woolwich 

 series, leaf of exogen (sp ?) from yellow clay bed, railway 

 cutting, Park Hill ; E. B. Sturge, polycystinae, splintered, 

 sections of oak ; the President, group of pezizas from Alton ; 

 H. M. Klaassen, section, human lung showing large deposit of 

 carbon, the result of living in a smoky town. 



