98 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1908 
Mr Carles then left the chair, which was taken by the senior 
Vice-President, the Rev. H. H. Winwood. 
Mr Winwood, after complimenting Mr Carles on the ability and 
courtesy with which he had discharged his duties, called upon him to 
propose his successor. 
Mr Carles proposed the Rev. Walter Butt, M.A. Mr G. M. 
Currie seconded, and Mr Butt was unanimously elected President. 
Mr Butt suitably responded. 
The Rev. H. H. Winwood, M.A., F.G.S., Messrs C. Bowly and 
M. W. Colchester-Wemyss, Dr C. Callaway, and Messrs C. Upton 
and W. R. Carles, C.M.G., F.L.S., were elected Vice-Presidents ; 
Mr A. Helps, Hon. Treasurer; Mr J. G. Phillips, Hon. Librarian ; 
Mr L. Richardson, Hon. Secretary, and Mr E. Talbot Paris, Hon. 
Assistant-Secretary. 
In accordance with the new portion of Rule 9, the following 
Members were elected to constitute the Committee :—Mr T. S. Ellis, 
Gloucester ; Mr W. Thompson, Stroud; Mr G. M. Currie, Cheltenham ; 
Mr J. M. Dixon, County. 
On the proposition of the Hon. Secretary, seconded by Mr J. H. 
Jones, the following motion was approved :—‘‘A first prize, con- 
sisting of a guinea and a book of approximately the same value, and a 
second prize of a book of approximately a guinea in value, shall be 
annually awarded the Students in regular attendance at a School 
of Science in Gloucestershire, who obtain in the Session the most 
successes in the Board of Education’s examinations in Botany, Zoology, 
Geology, or Physiology.” 
It was decided to hold Field Meetings at Cirencester, May 12th ; 
Stinchcombe Hill, May 30th (half-day); Malvern Hills, June 23rd ; 
Gloucester, July 4th (half-day); Frome, July 14th and 15th, and 
Bisley, September 15th. 
