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The President declared the following gentlemen elected 

 as Officers and Council for the Session 1906-7 : 



President. — R. Adkin, F.E.S. 



Vice-Presidents. — W. J. Kaye, F.E.S., and Hugh Main, 

 B.Sc, F.E.S. 



Treasurer. — T. W. Hall, F.E.S. 



Librarian. — A. W. Dods. 



Curator. — W. West (Greenwich). 



Hon. Secretaries. — Stanley Edwards, F.L.S., F.E.S., and 

 Hy. J. Turner, F.E.S. 



Council. — F. B. Carr ; T. A. Chapman, M.D., F.Z.S., 

 F.E.S. ; F. Noad Clark ; A. Harrison, F.L.S., F.Z.S., 

 F.E.S. ; A. Sich, F.E.S. ; E. Step, F.L.S. ; and W. West, 

 L.D.S. (Ashtead). 



Mr. Main then read his Presidential Address (see p. 55), 

 at the close of which he vacated the chair, which was taken 

 by the incoming President, Mr. Adkin. 



Mr. Robert Adkin, in proposing a vote of thanks to the 

 retiring President, said they were all very much indebted to 

 Mr. Main for the able manner in which he had carried out 

 the duties of the chair during the year, and for the most 

 interesting address that he had just read to them. The 

 Society had passed through an undoubtedly satisfactory 

 year ; the meetings had not only been pleasant, but instruc- 

 tive to all those attending them, and the attendance had 

 been distinctly good — he believed well above the average — 

 and he had no hesitation in saying that these eminently 

 desirable results had been brought about largely by the able 

 manner in which Mr. Main had conducted the proceedings, 

 and his solicitude for the interests and the convenience of 

 his fellow-members. Mr. Adkin took the opportunity to 

 express his appreciation of the honour done him in electing 

 him to follow Mr. Main in the presidential chair. The 

 position, he said, was none of his seeking, he would have 

 preferred to have seen a younger and more active man at the 

 head of affairs ; the members might, however, rely upon his 

 carrying on the duties of the office to the best of his ability 

 and his earnest endeavours to continue the good work of his 

 predecessor so far as lay in him. He concluded by moving 

 a cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Main, the retiring President, 

 for his services during the past year, and for the able address 

 that he had just read to them, coupled with a request that 

 he would allow the address to be printed. 



Mr. Tutt, in seconding the vote of thanks to the President 

 for his address, desired to congratulate him on his very 



