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Your Committee take this opportunity of expressing their 
sense of the great loss the Society has sustained by the death 
of the late Mr. J. D. Siddall, whose name has long been an 
honoured one in connection with the Society. 
At a recent Meeting the following Resolution was ordered 
to be recorded on the Minutes of the Society :— 
‘* RESOLVED :—That it be recorded on the Minutes of 
the Society how deeply the Members feel the great and 
irreparable: loss they have sustained by the death of their 
late Colleague, Mr. J. D. Siddall, J.P., F.R.M.S., which 
took place on Saturday, April 25th. Mr. Siddall was one 
of the few remaining Members who joined the Society at 
the commencement of its career under Charles Kingsley, 
and during the 42 years that have elapsed since then, Mr. 
Siddall never ceased to take the deepest interest in the affairs 
of the Society, and records contained in the Society’s 
Annual Reports and Proceedings show the great amount 
of Scientific work he did during that period, more 
particularly with regard to Botany and Microscopy.”’ 
For a long series of years Mr. Siddall successfully conducted 
the Botany Class, which was started at the suggestion of the 
Founder of the Society (Charles Kingsley), and at the time of 
his death he was Chairman of the Botanical Section, and a Vice- 
President of the Society. He occupied the Presidential Chair 
from 1898 to 1902, and was the Kingsley Memorial Medallist 
for 1885. Although Botany and Microscopy were his special 
_studies he possessed an intimate knowledge of Natural Science 
generally, and the results of his ripe experience were at all times 
freely and ungrudgingly given to those who sought his help 
and advice. 
During the year we have elected 115 new Members, and by 
deaths, removals, and other causes we have lost 75, and although 
the total Membership is at present well over a thousand, vour 
Committee appeal to the present Members to assist them to very 
considerably augment the list during the coming year. 
