PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL .SOCIETY, 9 



The Annual Meeting was resumed at the Beyer Laboratory, Owens 

 College, Manchester, at Four p.m. 



The chair was occupied by the Rev. R. BoOG Watson, B.A. , F. R.S.E. , 

 F.L.S., President, and there was a large attendance of members. 



Annual Reports, &c. 



The Annual Report of the Council was read by the Hon. Secretary, 

 Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, F. L.S. 



The Balance Sheet and Treasurer's Report were read by Mr. Lionel 

 E. Adams, B.A., Hon. Treasurer. 



The Annual Report of the Manchester Branch was read by Mr. Robert 

 Standen, Hon. Secretary of the Branch. 



After discussion, it was unanimously resolved, on the motion of Mr. 

 R. D. Darbishire, B.A., F.G.S., seconded by Mr. Edward Collier, 



"That the Reports of the Council and Treasurer and Branch be re- 

 ceived and adopted for circulation among the members, and that the 

 attention of the Council be especially directed to the serious amount of 

 Subscriptions now in arrear, and that the members in default be earnestly 

 requested to facilitate the business of the Society by paying up, and that the 

 Secretary be instructed to stop sending the 'Journal of Conchology' to any 

 member who is more than two years in arrear after notice; and that a copy 

 of this resolution be printed and sent to every member." 



Election of Officers : 



The Scrutineers then announced that they had examined the voting- 

 papers, of which 34 had been sent in, none of them invalidated by any in- 

 formality, and that the following members had been duly elected as the 

 Council and Officers for the year 1892 : — 



President— Rev. Canon Alfred Merle Norman, D.C.L., F.R.S., 

 F.I/.S., etc., Burnmoor Rectory, Fence Houses, Durham. 



Vice-Presidents — J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F. L.S., Manchester; 



Edgar A. Smith, K.Z.S., London ; John W. Taylor, F.L.S., 



Leeds; Rev. R. BooG Watson, B.A., F.R.S.E., F.L.S., Cardross, 

 Dumbartonshire. 



Hon. Treasurer — Lionel E. Adams, B. A., Penistone. 



Hon. Secretary and Recorder — Wm. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., 

 Leeds. 



Hon. Curator— William Nelson, Leeds. 



Hon. Librarian — Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S., Philosophical Hall, Leeds, 



Council — Walter Crouch, F.Z.S., Wanstead, Essex ; R. D. Darbi- 

 shire, B.A., F.G.S., Manchester; W. E. Hoyle, M.A., F.R.S.E., 

 Manchester; JoHN R. B. Masefield, M.A., Cheadle, Staffordshire; 

 John H. Ponsonby, F.Z.S., London; B. B. Woodward, F.G.S., 

 F.R.M.S., London. 



