134 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Honorary Life Member Elected : 



Oil the recommendation of the Council, it was unanimously resolved 

 that the vacancy on the list of honorary life members caused by the death of 

 M. J. R. Bourgaignat be filled up by the election of Mr. WiU'am Nelson, 

 of Leeds, one of the four founders and original members of the Society. 



Annual Reports : 



The Annual Report of the Council was read on behalf of the Secretary 

 by Mr. Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S., Hon. Librarian. 



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. 



On the motion of Mr. R. D. Darbishire, B.A., seconded by Mr. Robert 

 Cairns, the adoption of the Reports was unanimously resolved upon. 



Election of Officers : 



The Scrutineers reported that they had examined the voting papers sent 

 in, 46 in number, all of which they had found valid ; and that the following 

 members had been duly elected to constitute the Council and fill the offices 

 stated for the year 1893 : — 



President — Philip Brooke Mason, J. P., F. L.S., Burton-on-Trent. 

 Vice-Presidents— W. E. Hoyle, M.A., F.R.S.E., Manchester; Rev. 



A. M. Norman, D.C.L., F.R.S., Burnmoor, Co. Durham ; John 



William Taylor, F.L.S., Leeds; Rev. R. Boog Watson, B.A., 



LL.D., F.R.S.E., Cardross, Dumbartonshire. 

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

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



Leeds. 

 Hon. Curator — William Nelson, Leeds. 

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

 Council — R. D. Darbishire, B.A., F.G.S., Manchester; John R. B. 



Masefield, M.A., Cheadle, Staffordshire; James Cosmo Melvill, 



M.A., F.L.S., Manchester; John H. Ponsonby, F.Z.S., London ; 



R. F. Scharff, B.Sc, Ph.D., M.R.LA., Dublin; Edgar A. Smith, 



F.Z.S., London. 



Date and Place of Next Annual Meeting : 



On behalf of Mr. John R. B. Masefield, ^LA., it was moved, and 

 resolved unanimously, that the next Annual Meeting be held at Burton-on- 

 Trent ; and it was afterwards resolved that the date of the Meeting be fixed 

 for Saturday, the i6th of September, 1893. 



Vote of Thanks : 



On the motion of the new President, Mr. Philip B. Mason, P". L S., 

 seconded by Mr. John W. Taylor, F.L. S., it was unanimously resolved 

 that the Ijest thanks of the Society be presented to the officials of the Owens 



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