12 THE NAUTILUS. 



3. That those who have signified to Mr. Sykes their willingness 

 to join the Society shall constitute the original members: to wit 

 (list of 70 names). 



4. That the original Members, and those who join the Society dur- 

 ing the year 1893, be exempt from entrance fee. 



5. That the election of Members, subsequent to this the inaugural 

 meeting, be by ballot, under regulations to be drawn up by the 

 Council. 



6. That there be an Entrance Fee, and that it be 10s. 6d. 



7. That the following constitute the first Council : 

 President: Dr. H. Woodward, F. R. S. 



Vice-Fresidents : Lt.-Col. H. H. God win- Austen, F. R. S., etc. ; 

 W. H. Hudlestou, F. R. S., etc. ; J. Cosmo Melvill, F. L. S. ; E. A. 

 Smith, F. Z. S. 



Treasurer : G. F. Harris, F. G. S. 



Secretary : E. R. Sykes, F. Z. S. 



Other Members of Council: H. W. Burrows; G. C. Crick, F. G. 

 S. ; W. Crouch, F. Z. S. ; Rev. Canon Norman, D. C. L., F. R. S. ; 

 J. H. Ponsonby, F. Z. S. ; G. B. Sowerby, F. L. S. ; B. B. Wood- 

 ward, F. G. S. 



8. That the Council be instructed to draw up the rules, and sub- 

 mit them at the next Meeting of the Society. 



9. That the Meetings be held on the second Friday in each 

 month, commencing in April, 1893. 



10. That the Resolutions passed at this Meeting be printed and 

 circulated amongst the Members. 



Votes of thanks were passed to the Chairman for presiding, and 

 to Mr. G. F. Harris for the use of the room. 



The next meeting will therefore take place on Friday, April 14th, 

 at 8.00 p. m., and succeeding Meetings on the second Fridays in 

 May and June, after which there will be no Meeting till November. 

 Until further notice, the Meetings will be held, by the kind j^er- 

 mission of Mr. Harris, at 67 Chancery Lane (second floor). 



Mr. Charles W. Johnson is spending a few weeks in Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



The death of the veteran botanist, Alphonse de Candolle, 

 April 9, 1893, is announced. 



Mr. John Ritchie, Jr., of Boston, paid a flying visit to his 

 Philadelphia and Washington friends recently, being in the latter 

 city attending the meeting of the National Academy of Sciences. 



