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Wednesday, the 13th of May, at 6 p.m. Dr. F. DuCane 

 Godman, F.R.S., the President, took the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Annual Meeting having been read 

 and confirmed, the following Report of the Committee was 

 read : — " The Committee regret to have to announce the 

 loss by death since the last Anniversary of two Ordinary 

 Members of the Union, namely, Mr. Thomas E. Buckley 

 (an old and highly valued member) and Mr. Nigel Gurney. 

 There have been five resignations, viz., those of Mr. F. E. 

 Beddard, F.R.S., Mr. S. R. Crockett, Mr. Lionel Hinxman, 

 Mr. P. M. C. Kcimodc, and Mr. W. Stoate. One election 

 has been cancelled under Rule V. (that of Mr. A. E. Maxwell) , 

 and two members have been removed under Rule VI. (the 

 Hon. R. Coke and Mr. J. L. Newman). 



"The Union on May 13th consisted of 3G5 Ordinary 

 Members, 2 Extra-Ordinary Members, 9 Honorary Members 

 (one less than the complement, owing to the lamented death 

 of Dr. Gustav Radde, Director of the Tiflis Museum), and 

 19 Foreign Members. 



"There are at present 21 candidates for the Ordinary 

 Membership, whilst Mr. R. Ridg way's transference from 

 the Foreign to the Honorary Membership is recommended 

 by the Committee, who also recommend Dr. G. Martorelli 

 for election as a Foreign Member, and Col. W. Vincent 

 Legge (at present an Ordinary Member), Capt. F. W. Hut- 

 ton, F.R.S., and Mr. A. J. North for election as Colonial 

 Members under Rule II. as amended at the last General 

 Meeting." 



The Meeting then proceeded to elect officers for the 

 ensuing year, when it was announced that Dr. F. DuCane 

 Godman, F.R.S., had been re-elected President, Mr. Howard 

 Saunders Secretary, and Mr. W. E. de Winton a member of 

 the Committee in place of Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpc, who had 

 retired by rotation. 



The following twenty gentlemen were then ballotted for 

 and elected Ordinary Members : — Max Bartels, Pasir Datar, 

 Java, Dutch Indies; The Rev. Francis L. Blathwayt, 173 



