PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 117 



April 1st, at Glo'ster Hall, Glo'ster Place, Brixton Road ; Mr. Deane, 

 F.L.S., F.E.M.S., presided. 



The minutes of the inaugui'al meeting were read and confii-med. 



Mr. Hoveuden, F.A.S.L., the Honorary Secretary, read the report 

 of the Provisional Committee, which was as follows : — 



" Your Committee beg to report that in accordance with the reso- 

 lution of the club, made on the 11th ult., they have carefully framed 

 and considered a set of Kules for the guidance of the club, which are 

 this evening placed before you for your consideration and approval. 



" On the inaugural meeting thirty-six gentlemen subscribed their 

 names as members, and since that time thirty-two have been added, 

 thus making the number of members up to this evening sixty-eight. 



" Your Committee beg to recommend that on this the first ordinary 

 meeting of the club, the subscription list be kept oi)en, but that here- 

 after all new members shall be balloted for in accordance with the 

 4th Eule. 



" And, having carefully considered the place for future meetings, 

 recommend that for the present the club meet at Glo'ster Hall, 

 Glo'ster Place, Brixton Eoad." 



Mr. T. Sebastian Davis moved, " That the report be received, 

 adopted, and entered upon the minutes." 



This motion was seconded by Mr. Reynolds, and carried unani- 

 mously. 



The Rules drawn wp by the Committee next occupied the attention 

 of the meeting, and, as all present had received copies of these Rules, 

 it was agreed that they should be taken as read. 



Mr. Davis said that he was sure that all present would agree with 

 him that the Committee had done their work in a very satisfactory 

 manner. There was one thing that he, as a member of the Council of 

 the Photographic Society, wished to mention, and that was, that if 

 the meetings of the club were held on the second Tuesday in each 

 month, as proposed, many members of the Photographic Society would 

 be unable to attend, as this was the day fixed for their meetings. He 

 therefore proposed that the meetings of the club should be held on 

 the thii'd Tuesday in each month, instead of the second. 



This proposition having been agreed to, 



Mr. Davis then moved, " That the Rules proposed by the Pro- 

 visional Committee be adopted, with the alteration, that the meetings 

 be held on the thii-d Tuesday, instead of the second Tuesday, as 

 provided therein." 



Mr. Hardess seconded this motion, which was carried unanimously. 



Mr. Izard proposed, " That the provisional officers of the chib be 

 elected jDermanent officers for the ensuing year, with the addition of 

 the following gentlemen : — Mr. James M. Cottrell, Dr. Hector Hel- 

 sham, Dr. N. W. Ord, to complete the members of the Committee, 

 according to Rule 2." 



This motion was seconded by Mr. West, and carried unanimously. 



It was arranged that the next meeting of the club should be held 

 on Tuesday, April 18th, at half-past seven o'clock in the evening, Mr. 

 Suffolk having kindly consented to read a paper on this date. 



