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go, and promised to continue to do his best to promote its 

 welfare. 



Captain ELWES proposed that their present excellent 

 Honorary Secretary should be asked kindly to continue 

 in office. Mr. FLOYER seconded the proposition, and 

 the PRESIDENT, in supporting it, observed that it should 

 be coupled with a vote of thanks to Mr. Pentin for 

 his past services. Mr. Pentin did a great deal to 

 make the Club as successful as it was, and was not at 

 all sparing in pains. The proposition having been carried, 

 the HON. SECRETARY said that he should be glad to continue 

 to act, and added that he had pleasure in re-nominating as 

 the Assistant Secretary Mr. H. Pouncy, who did much 

 valuable work. The PRESIDENT said he wished also to 

 express the thanks of the Club to Mr. Pouncy, who took a 

 great deal of trouble at the summer meetings. 



Mr. FLOYER, in proposing the appointment of Canon 

 Mansel-Pleydell as Honorary Treasurer, said that they were 

 especially glad to have a Mansel-Pleydell in office, since he 

 served as a living link between the present and the past, 

 Avhen for so many years his distinguished father occupied the 

 Presidential Chair. The PRESIDENT confirmed this sentiment, 

 observing that Canon Mansel-Pleydell's association with the 

 Club helped to give a sense of personal continuity to it. 

 Canon MANSEL-PLEYDELL, in response, observed Avith 

 characteristic modesty and humour that he w r as glad with 

 some ostensible reason, such as looking after their money 

 bags, for keeping; in touch with the Club, for which his dear 

 father had so great an affection, and to which he devoted a 

 large part of his life and energy. He was grateful to the 

 Club for having granted him the services of an Assistant 

 Treasurer. 



Mr. VERB OLIVER, in proposing the re-appointment of the 

 Rev. C. W. H. Dicker as Honorary Editor, observed that Mr. 

 Dicker had exceptional qualifications for the w r ork, for, 

 besides being a scholar, he was a good antiquary, artist, and 

 naturalist, and able efficiently to supervise the pictorial as 



