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  ANNUAL 
  GENERAL 
  MEETING. 
  

  

  Friday, 
  11th 
  February, 
  1916. 
  

  

  The 
  Rev. 
  A. 
  H. 
  Cooke, 
  Sc.D., 
  F.Z.S., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  The 
  llev. 
  E. 
  W. 
  Bowell 
  and 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Salisbury 
  were 
  appointed 
  

   scrutineers. 
  

  

  The 
  following? 
  report 
  was 
  read: 
  — 
  

  

  "Your 
  Council, 
  in 
  presenting 
  their 
  twenty-third 
  Annual 
  llepqrt, 
  

   have 
  much 
  ]>leasure 
  in 
  again 
  recording 
  a 
  year 
  of 
  continued 
  progress. 
  

  

  " 
  Tlie 
  papers 
  printed 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  have 
  maintained 
  their 
  

   usual 
  standard 
  of 
  excellence. 
  

  

  "It 
  is 
  with 
  considerable 
  regret 
  your 
  Council 
  have 
  to 
  record 
  the 
  

   loss 
  by 
  death 
  of 
  a 
  prominent 
  member, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  J. 
  MacAndrew, 
  F.L.S., 
  

   while 
  owing 
  to 
  resignation 
  and 
  other 
  causes 
  six 
  more 
  names 
  have 
  

   been 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  [Society's 
  rolls. 
  

  

  " 
  Durin<? 
  the 
  year 
  two 
  new 
  members 
  have 
  been 
  elected, 
  so 
  that 
  

   the 
  membership 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  on 
  December 
  31st, 
  1915, 
  stood 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Ordinary 
  members 
  ...... 
  69 
  

  

  Corresponding 
  members 
  ..... 
  87 
  

  

  Total 
  . 
  . 
  156 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  financial 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  continues 
  in 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  

   state, 
  considering 
  tlie 
  adverse 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  protracted 
  war. 
  We 
  

   still 
  hold 
  £50 
  in 
  Metropolitan 
  stock, 
  and 
  the 
  balances 
  on 
  the 
  ordinary 
  

   special 
  accounts 
  are 
  well 
  maintained. 
  

  

  "The 
  usual 
  three 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  'Proceedings', 
  Parts 
  4-6, 
  com- 
  

   pleting 
  Vol. 
  XI, 
  have 
  been 
  issued 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  They 
  comprise 
  

   164 
  pages 
  of 
  text, 
  illustrated 
  with 
  5 
  plates 
  and 
  28 
  text-figures. 
  

  

  "The 
  following 
  authors 
  have 
  very 
  kindly 
  assisted 
  in 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  

   these 
  illustrations, 
  or 
  have 
  furnished 
  drawings 
  or 
  photographs 
  for 
  

   reproduction 
  : 
  The 
  Rev. 
  E. 
  W. 
  Bowell, 
  Prof. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Boycott, 
  G. 
  C. 
  

   Crick, 
  11. 
  B. 
  Newton, 
  J. 
  K. 
  le 
  B. 
  Tomiin, 
  and 
  B. 
  B. 
  Woodward. 
  

  

  " 
  Further, 
  the 
  tlianks 
  of 
  the 
  Societ)' 
  are 
  especially 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  

   Council 
  of 
  the 
  Linnean 
  Society, 
  through 
  whose 
  kindness 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  

   permitted, 
  since 
  the 
  year 
  1894, 
  to 
  hold 
  its 
  meetings 
  in 
  Burlington 
  

   House." 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  motion 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Tom 
  Iredale, 
  seconded 
  by 
  Prof. 
  A. 
  E. 
  

   Boycott, 
  the 
  above 
  was 
  adopted 
  as 
  the 
  Annual 
  lleport 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  were 
  elected 
  Officers 
  and 
  Council 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  

   1916: 
  — 
  

  

  President— 
  J. 
  R. 
  le 
  B. 
  Tomiin, 
  M.A., 
  F.E.S. 
  

  

  Vtce-Prendmts.—'i'he 
  Rev. 
  A. 
  H. 
  Cooke, 
  Sc.D., 
  F.Z.S., 
  A. 
  S. 
  

   Kentiard, 
  F.G.S., 
  R. 
  Bullen 
  Newton, 
  F.(7.S., 
  Alexander 
  Reynell. 
  

  

  Treasurer. 
  — 
  J. 
  H. 
  Ponsonbv 
  Fane, 
  F.Z.S. 
  

  

  Secretary.— 
  G. 
  K. 
  Gude, 
  FZ.S. 
  

  

  iL'dttor.-E. 
  A. 
  Smith, 
  l.S.O. 
  

  

  