ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



Friday, 9th Februakv, 1912. 



K. BuLLEN Newton, F.G.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. R. H. Burno ami Mr. A. S. Kennard were appointed scrutineers. 

 The following report was read : — 



"Your Council, in presenting their nineteenth Annual Report, are 

 able again to record a year of progress. 



"During that period thirteen new members have been elected, 

 while death has removed two of our old ones, namely, Miss Mary 

 Lodder and Mr. Robert Cairns. 



"The membership of the Society on December 31, 1911, stood as 

 follows : — 



Ordinary members ....... 70 



Corresponding members ...... 90 



Total . 160 

 an increase of eleven as compared with the preceding j-ear. 



" The financial condition of the Society shows an improvement, 

 partly through the increase of membership and partly on account ol 

 the increased price of the ' Proceedings '. The current account 

 consequently has a credit balance of £9 6s. 3d. The special fund, 

 created three years ago, and which last year was transferred to the 

 current account, lias been resuscitated. This was made possible by 

 a donation from a member, and this fund now has £12 7s. standing 

 to its credit. Moreover, the Society still holds the sum of £50 

 invested in Metropolitan 2^ per cent stock. 



"During the j'ear 1911 the usual three parts of the ' Proceedings' 

 have been issued, forming the second half of Vol. IX. They contain 

 149 pages, illustrated with 4 plates and 53 text-figures. 



" The following gentlemen have very kindly contributed towards 

 the cost of the illustrations or have supplied drawings or photographs 

 for the plates and text-figures : H. H, Bloomer, Rev. A. H. Cooke, 

 Lieut. -Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen, R. BuUen Newton, Major A. J. 

 Peile, H. B. Preston, E. A. Smith, G. B. Sowerby, and E. R. Sykes. 

 It is onlj^ through such liberal assistance that it is possible to illustrate 

 the ' Proceedings ' so fully. 



"Further, the thanks of the Society are especially due to the Council 

 of the Linnean Society', through whose kindness it has been permitted, 

 as in former years, to hold its meetings in Eurlingtou House." 



On the motion of the Rev. E. W. Bowell, seconded by Mr. C. P. 

 Crick, the above was adopted as the Annual Report of the Society. 



The following were elected as Officers and Council for 1912 : — 



President. — R. Bullen Kewton, F.G.S. 



rice-Preside7its.—\\QV. A. H. Cooke, M.A., F.Z.S. ; G. C. Crick. 

 F.G.S. ; Rev. Professor H. M. Gwatkin, D.D. ; B. B. Woodward, 

 F.L.S. 



Treasurer. — J. H. Ponsonby, F.Z.S. , 15 Chesham Place, London, S.W 



