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ANNUAL MEETING. 



Wednesday, January 20th, 1909. 



Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse, President, in tlie Chair. 



Mr. R. Wylie Lloyd, one of the Auditors, read the 

 Treasurer's Balance Sheet, showing a balance of £10 19s in 

 the Society's favour. 



Mr. H, Rowland-Brown, one of the Secretaries, then read 

 the following 



Report of the Council 



During the Session 1908-1909 seven Fellows have died, 

 seven Fellows have resigned, forty new Fellows have been 

 elected, one Fellow has been made an Honorary Fellow, the 

 names of seven Fellows have been removed from the list, and 

 that of one Fellow restored. 



While last year we were able to record a number of elections 

 in excess of any previous year of the Society, we have the 

 pleasure to announce tliat this figure has again been surpassed 

 during the present Session. It is also a gratifying fact that 

 the attendance at the Ordinary Meetings of the Society con- 

 tinues to improve, and that a comparatively large number of 

 Fellows take an active interest in this part of our work. We 

 have also again added to our roll a number of entomologists 

 resident in the British Colonies, men distinguished as well in 

 the theoretical as in the practical side of our science. 



At present the Society consists of twelve Honorary Fellows, 

 and five hundred and nineteen Life and Subscribing Fellows, 

 making a total of five hundred and thirty-one in all, and 

 showing an increase of over a hundred in the past ten years. 



The Council has devoted much time and attention to the 

 finances of the Society, but the proposal to increase the amount 

 of the Life Composition from £15 15s. to £21, when put 

 before the Society, was lost by a narrow margin. Meanwhile, 

 the policy of economy, outlined in our report last January, 

 has been pursued steadily, and with this object further in 



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