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During the whole of his life Mr. Lucas was an ardent 
Geologist, and at the time of his death he was Chairman of the 
Geological Section, and in this office Mr. T. Arthur Acton, 
F.S.A., F.G.S., has been elected to succeed him. 
The death of the late Dean of Chester, the Rev. John L,. 
Darby, D.D., also deprived the Society of one of its Vice- 
Presidents. The late Dean Darby, for many years, took a very 
keen interest in the work of the Society. 
In accordance with Rule 12, your Committee have met 
regularly during the past year for the transaction of the Society’s 
business. 
It is gratifying to be able to report that the finances of the 
Society are in a thoroughly sound and satisfactory condition. 
GEORGE P. MILN, 
Hon. General Secretary. 
Grosvenor Museum, 
May 20th, 1920. 
ELECTION OF PRESIDENT. 
At the Annual General Meeting of the Society, held in the Grosvenor 
Museum, on May 20th, 1920, the Ricar Rey. Bissop Mercer, D.D., was 
unanimously elected President, in succession to Dr. H. Drinkwater, J.P., 
F.R.S. (Edin.), F.L.S. In proposing Bishop Mercer for this office, Mr. 
F. W. Longbottom, F.R.A.S., paid a high compliment to his lordship as 
being a great scientist and one of the few great philosophers of the present 
time. 
This was seconded by Mr. J. Bairstow, J.P., F.C.S., who said he felt 
sure that his lordship would not only lead them in Biology and Botany, 
but he had also travelled far and wide through the world. In Geology he 
had formed pretty definite conclusions with regard to the formation of the 
world. Everybody knew the genial character of his lordship, and he (Mr. 
Bairstow) felt certain that Bishop Mercer, with his eloquent and persuasive 
tongue, would uphold the traditions of the Society. 
In accepting office, Bishop Mercer said it was a delight to be President 
of a Society founded by Kingsley. His own sympathy with Kingsley was 
enormous. The amount of good he had got from Kingsley was incalcul- 
able, and one of the very things he would have chosen would have been to 
be selected as President of the Society founded by Kingsley. In 
conclusion, he appealed to those present to do their utmost to make the 
Jubilee Year of the Society a great success. 
