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Proceedings of Societies. 
ws. EntTomo.toeicat SocteEry. 
Special General Meeting. — January 25, 1864. — Frepertcx Smirn, Esq., Presi- 
dent, in the chair. 
A Special Meeting was this day held, pursuant to notice, for the purpose of con- 
sidering certain proposed alteratiuns in the Bye-Laws, the objects of which were 
(1) to change the title of the Curator to that of Librarian, (2) to transfer to the 
Librarian certain duties hitherto performed by the Secretary, (3) to abolish the Library 
and Cabinet Committee, (4) to abolish the Publication Committee—and to vest in the 
Council the powers and duties of both those Committees, and (5) to repeal chap. XVII. 
sec. 3, whereby residents in the United Kingdom are excluded from Honorary Mem- 
bership of the Society. 
The alterations necessary for effecting the first object were proposed by Mr. Dun- 
ning, and seconded by Mr. May; that for effecting the second object was proposed 
by Mr. Dunning, and seconded by Mr. Grut; those necessary for and consequent upon 
effecting the third object were proposed by Mr. Duuning, and seconded by Mr. 
Edward Sheppard ; those necessary for and consequent upon effecting the fourth ob- 
ject were proposed by Mr. Dunning, and seconded by Mr. Wilkinson. The above 
were carried without division. 
The repeal of chap. XVII. sec. 3, was proposed by Mr. Pascoe, and seconded by 
Mr. Baly. The Meeting was addressed on this question by Mr. Dunning, Mr. 
McLachlan, Mr. Edward Sheppard, and Mr. Waterhouse; and by Mr. Pascoe in 
Teply. 
On a division the numbers were—For the motion, 6; against it, 14. The motion 
was consequently lost. 
Annual Meeting.—January 25, 1864.—FREpDERICK Situ, Esq., President, in the 
chair. 
An Abstract of the Treasurer’s Accounts for 1863, and the Annual Report of the 
Council on the general concerns of the Society, were read. 
The following gentlemen were elected Members of the Council for the ensuing 
year :—Messtrs. Bates, Rev. Hamlet Clark, Dunning, Grut, McLachlan, May, Pascoe, 
Edwin Shepherd, Frederick Smith, Stainton, Samuel Stevens, Alfred R. Wallace, and 
J. Jenner Weir. 
The following Officers for the ensuing year were then elected :—Mr. Stainton, 
President ; Mr. S. Stevens, Treasurer ; Messrs. Shepherd and Dunning, Secretaries ; 
Mr. Janson, Librarian. 
The retiring President delivered an elaborate Address, at the conclusion of which 
a vote of thanks to Mr. Smith for his uniformly courteous conduct in the chair, and 
for his constant attention to the affairs of the Society during his biennial Presidency, 
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