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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MALACOLOGICAI, 
  SOCIETY. 
  1 
  1 
  1 
  

  

  ANNUAL 
  GENEEAL 
  MEETING. 
  

  

  Friday, 
  Htii 
  February, 
  1919. 
  

  

  J. 
  R. 
  Le 
  B. 
  Tomlin, 
  M.A., 
  F.E.S., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  Ck.-ar. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  C. 
  Fulton 
  and 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  11. 
  B. 
  Oliver 
  wer'i 
  appointed 
  

   scrutineers. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  report 
  was 
  read: 
  — 
  

  

  "In 
  presenting 
  their 
  twenty-sixth 
  Annual 
  Report, 
  the 
  Council 
  

   have 
  much 
  satisfaction 
  in 
  recording 
  that 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  lias 
  

   been 
  well 
  maintained, 
  notwithstanding 
  the 
  adverse 
  and 
  difficult 
  

   conditions 
  arising 
  from 
  the 
  recent 
  war. 
  The 
  monthly 
  meetings 
  

   have 
  been 
  held 
  as 
  usual, 
  although 
  the 
  attendance 
  has 
  necessarily 
  

   been 
  affected 
  by 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  members 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  engaged 
  in 
  

   the 
  National 
  Service 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  communications 
  read 
  have 
  been 
  

   marked 
  by 
  a 
  high 
  standard 
  of 
  importance. 
  

  

  "Among 
  the 
  losses 
  that 
  the 
  Society 
  has 
  to 
  deplore, 
  the 
  Council 
  

   would 
  especially 
  mention 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  Suter, 
  author 
  of 
  

   'A 
  Manual 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Mollusca', 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Kev. 
  

   Canon 
  Norman, 
  a 
  distinguished 
  marine 
  zoologist 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   original 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  "Communication 
  with 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  corresponding 
  members 
  of 
  

   the 
  Society 
  has 
  been 
  rendered 
  uncertain 
  — 
  and 
  in 
  several 
  cases 
  

   impracticable 
  — 
  of 
  late 
  ; 
  but, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  ascertained, 
  the 
  total 
  

   membership 
  on 
  December 
  31st, 
  1918, 
  stood 
  at 
  133. 
  

  

  "During 
  the 
  ])ast 
  year 
  the 
  financial 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  has 
  

   called 
  for 
  the 
  serious 
  consideration 
  of 
  the 
  Council. 
  Since 
  the 
  early 
  

   days 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  entirely 
  satisfactory, 
  as 
  the 
  cost 
  

   of 
  thb 
  planted 
  ' 
  Troceedings' 
  was 
  barely 
  met 
  by 
  the 
  income 
  from 
  

   annual 
  subscriptions, 
  wliich 
  had 
  on 
  various 
  occasions 
  to 
  be 
  augmented 
  

   by 
  private 
  donations. 
  The 
  greatly 
  increased 
  cost 
  of 
  paper 
  and 
  

   printing, 
  arising 
  from 
  war 
  conditions, 
  brought 
  matters 
  to 
  a 
  crisis, 
  

   and 
  it 
  became 
  a 
  question 
  of 
  either 
  increasing 
  the 
  Society's 
  income 
  

   or 
  drastically 
  curtailing 
  the 
  ' 
  Proceedings 
  '. 
  As 
  the 
  published 
  Pro- 
  

   ceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  are 
  universally 
  acknowledged 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  

   important 
  contribution 
  to 
  zoological 
  science, 
  the 
  latter 
  alternative 
  

   could 
  not 
  be 
  seriously 
  considered; 
  and 
  in 
  April 
  last 
  at 
  a 
  Special 
  

   greeting 
  of 
  the 
  Society, 
  it 
  was 
  resolved 
  to 
  double 
  the 
  annual 
  

   subscription. 
  

  

  "The 
  Council 
  are 
  much 
  gratified 
  by 
  the 
  generous 
  approval 
  with 
  

   which 
  the 
  change 
  has 
  been 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  members 
  generally 
  ; 
  

   and 
  they 
  have 
  now 
  the 
  satisfaction 
  of 
  knowing 
  that 
  when 
  conditions 
  

   have 
  again 
  becouie 
  normal 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  practicable 
  to 
  further 
  improve 
  

   the 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Proceedings' 
  and 
  to 
  develop 
  the 
  general 
  work 
  

   of 
  the 
  Society 
  without 
  financial 
  embarrassment. 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  this 
  connexion 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  pointed 
  out 
  that 
  the 
  satisfactory 
  

   balance 
  in 
  hand 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  statement 
  of 
  accounts 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  

   is 
  solely 
  due 
  to 
  special 
  donations, 
  amounting 
  to 
  £63 
  13s. 
  6d., 
  

   privately 
  contributed 
  by 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  members 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  immediate 
  

   needs 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  Included 
  in 
  this 
  amount 
  were 
  contributions 
  

   towards 
  illustrating 
  their 
  papers 
  from 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  B. 
  Sowerby 
  and 
  

   Mr. 
  H. 
  C. 
  Fulton. 
  

  

  VOL. 
  XIII. 
  — 
  OCTOBER, 
  1919. 
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