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subjects of biology. It had also raised questions of great interest as 

 showing how Nature often did the same things in different ways under 

 different circumstances. The Kotifera were not the only creatures 

 common to various parts of the world, or to this country and to Australia ; 

 the Protozoa of both showed similarities of type and structure ; but in 

 their case the cause was doubtless altogether different from the causes 

 which had been assigned to account for the wide distribution of many 

 forms of the Eotifera. If he might make one criticism, it would be to 

 point out one serious, omission from it, and that was that the President 

 had not mentioned the work on the Kotifera which he had lately 

 published, in which they had the results of researches which laid all 

 students of the subject under the deepest obligations to him. 



Mr. Glaisher having put the motion^ it was carried by acclamation. 



The President said he had to thank them very heartily for the way 

 in which they had received his address, and for the cordial manner in 

 which they had responded to the vote of thanks by Mr. Glaisher and 

 Prof. Bell. He was glad on his part that he had been able to please 

 them in that respect, and as he found that they had done him the honour 

 to re-elect him as their President for another year, he hoped to have the 

 pleasure of again addressing them on a future occasion. He also hoped 

 that during his second year he should be more successful than in the 

 past in the matter of regular attendance at the meetings. He had not 

 yet entirely recovered from the effects of his accident, but was much 

 better than he had been for some time past, and he ventured to hope 

 that he should be able to occupy his place as often as occasion required. 



The Scrutineers having handed in the result of their examination of 

 the balloting-papers, 



The President declared that the whole of the Fellows nominated 

 were elected as follows : — 



President — Charles T. Hudson, Esq., M.A., LL.D. (Cantab.). 



Vice-Presidents — Eev. W. H. Dallinger, LL.D., F.E.S. ; *James 

 Glaisher, Esq., F.E.S., F.E.A.S. ; *Prof. Urban Pritchard, M.D. ; Prof. 

 Chxrles Stewart, F.L.S. 



Treasurer—Lionel S. Beale, Esq., M.B., F.E.C.P., F.E.S. 



Secretaries — Frank Crisp, Esq., LL.B., BA., V.P. and Treas. L.S. ; 

 Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell, MA., F.Z.S. 



Ordinary Members of Council — Alfred W. Bennett, Esq., M.A., B.Sc, 

 F.L.S. ; *Eobert Braithwaite, Esq., M.D., M.E.C.S., F.L.S. ; Eev. 

 Edmund Carr, M.A. ; Prof. Edgar M. Crookshank, M.B. ; Prof. J. 

 William Groves, F.L.S.; George C. Karop, Esq., M.E.C.S. ; John 

 Mayall, Esq., jun. ; Albert D. Michael, Esq., F.L.S. ; *Thomas H. 

 Powell, Esq. ; * William Thomas Suffolk, Esq. ; Charles Tyler, Esq., 

 F.L.S. ; *Frederic H. Ward, Esq., M.E.C.S. 



The President then proposed that the thanks of the Society be given 

 to the Auditors and Scrutineers for their services. 



The motion having been seconded by the Eev. Edmund Carr, wits 

 put to the meeting and carried unanimously. 



* The names with an asterisk have not held during the preceding year the office 

 for which they were nominated. 



