PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 127 



The Scrutineers having handed in the result of the Ballot, the 

 following Fellows were declared to have been duly elected as Officers and 

 Council of the Society for the ensuing year : — 



President— Dukinfield Henry Scott, M.A. Ph.D. F.R.S. F.L.S. 



Vice-Presidents— Wynne E. Baxter, J.P. F.G.S. F.R.G.S. ; A. N. 

 Disney, M.A. B.Sc. ; George C. Karop, M.R.C.S. ; The Right Hon. 

 Sir Ford North, P.O., F.R.S. 



Treasurer — J. J. Vezey. 



Secretaries— Rev. W. H. DaUinger, LL.D. D.Sc. D.C.L. F.R.S. 

 F.L.S. F.Z.S. ; R. G. Hebb, M.A. M.D. F.R.C.P. 



Ordinary Members of Council — Jas. Mason Allen ; Conrad Beck ; Rev. 

 Edmund Carr, M.A. F.R.Met.S. ; J. W. H. Eyre, M.D. F.R.S. (Edin.) ; 

 A. D. Michael, F.L.S. ; Henry George Plimmer, F.L.S. ; Thomas 

 H. Powell ; C. Price Jones, M.B. (Lond.) ; P. E. Radley ; Juliu* 

 Rheinberg ; Charles F. Rousselet ; Henrv Woodward, LL.D. F.R.S. 

 F.G.S. F.Z.S. 



Librarian — Percy E. Radley. 



Curator — Charles F. Rousselet. 



Dr. Scott said he should like to thank the Fellows of the Society for 

 the honour they had conferred upon him by electing him as their Presi- 

 dent for a third year, an honour which he quite realised was a special 

 one, and one to which he had no claim ; indeed, it never entered his head 

 that he would be so elected until the proposal was mentioned to him a 

 short time ago. But although he felt particularly pleased and honoured 

 by this act of theirs, he felt it the more because he was very conscious 

 of his own deficiencies. One thing which always struck him very strongly 

 was the extreme importance of the work which the Society did on the 

 Physical and Optical side. It was perhaps upon this side that the centre 

 of gravity of the Society lay, and it was here especially that he felt 

 himself deficient. He was much gratified, however, that, as a purely 

 Biological President, he had been able to give them satisfaction. 



Mr. A. D. Michael having taken the Chair, the President delivered 

 his Annual Address — taking for his subject " The Life and Work of 

 Bernard Renault," illustrating the subject with Lantern Slides, including 

 photographs of Renault and his laboratory, as well as some examples of 

 his work in Palaso-botany. 



Mr. Michael said they had heard with great interest the account of 

 the work of the somewhat ill-requited French investigator of Fossil 

 Botany, and he was quite sure that nobody could have been more com- 

 petent to deal with such a subject than their President. It would not 

 only be a valuable record of Renault's work, but it would embellish their 

 Journal and be a record of value in times to come. He had great 

 pleasure in moving a hearty vote of thanks to the President for his 

 Address, and in asking him to allow it to be printed and circulated in 

 the usual way. 



Mr. J. J. Vezey had much pleasure in seconding this vote of thanks 

 for the Address, which had been very interesting, but which Fellows 

 would no doubt be able more fully to appreciate when they saw it printed 

 in full in the Journal. He should like also to couple with this motion 



