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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND. 



395th (Annual) Meeting-, October 15th, 1910. 



Held in the Museimi, Manchester. 



Lieut. -Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen, F. R.S., President, in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and special thanks voted : 



" Obras jNlalacologicas, parte i., Estudios preliminares sobre la fauna Malaco- 

 logica de las Islas Filipinas (plates i to 99)," by J. G. Hidalgo (presented by Mr. 

 J. W. Taylor). 



Mr. J. W. Taylor also presented to the Society a very handsome framed enlarged 

 portrait of the late Mr. R. D. Darbishire, a gift which was much appreciated by the 

 members present. 



Appointment of Auditors. 



Messrs. C. H. Moore and F. Taylor were again appointed Auditors. 



Appointment of Scrutineers. 



Mr. Piatt and Mr. Spence were appointed Scrutineers. 



New Members Elected. 



Arthur Walton Rowe, M.S., M.B., M.A.C.S., F.G.S. 

 A. M. Oliver. 



Candidate Proposed for Membership. 



W. M. Tattersall, M.Sc. , The Museum, The University, Manchester. 

 Reports and Balance Sheet. 



The Annual Report of the Council (see p. 153), and the Treasurer's Report 

 including Balance Sheet for 1909 and Interim Statement to Oct. 6, 1910 (see p. 154) 

 were presented and adopted. 



Reports of the Leeds and London Branches (see pp. 155-6) were presented and 

 adopted. 



The Librarian's Report was presented and adopted. 



The Recorder's Report was presented and adopted. 



Alteration in the Rules. 



On behalf of the Council, Mr J. W. Taylor moved— That Rule 8 of the Con- 

 stitution be amended to read as follows, and that it be retrospective in operation : — 

 "The Presidency shall not be tenable for more than two years continuously, 

 and the President is expected to give an address. On the conclusion of his 

 term of office he shall become an ex officio Vice-President of the Society and 

 ex officio Member of Council." 

 That Rule 7 be altered to read : — 



"Two elected Vice-Presidents"' in place of " Four Vice-Presidents." 

 This motion was carried unanimously. 



Election of Officers and Council. 



Dr. W. E. Hoyle, by virtue of the above alteration of rules, becoming an ex- 

 officio Vice-President and ex-officio Member of the Council, requested that his 

 name .should be deleted from the ballot-paper. The Council therefore substituted 

 the name of Mr. John Ray Hardy. 



With this alteration the Scrutineers reported that the Officers and Council as 

 nominated had been duly elected (see p. 130). 



