268 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
Election of Office Bearers. 
The Scrutineers reported that forty voting papers had been sent in, of 
which seven were invalid and of which thirty-two voted for the list as 
nominated by the Council. The list as given below was declared to be 
carried: — 
For PRESIDENT : 
Prof. SyDNEY J. Hickson, D.Sc., M.A., F.R.S 
For VICE-PRESIDENTS : 
Mr. R. D. DARBISHIRE, B.A. ; 
Mr. J. Cosmo MELviL1L, M.A., F.L.S.; 
Rev. Canon A. M. Norman, D.C.L., F.R.S. ; 
Mr. Epcar A. SmITH, F.Z.S. 
For Hon. TREASURER: 
Mr. Lionert E. ArAms, B.A. 
For Hon. SECRETARY: 
Mr. W. E. Hoyie, M.A., F.R.S.E. 
For Hon. RECORDER: 
Mr. THOMAS ROGERS. 
For Hon. CURATOR: 
Mr. ROBERT STANDEN. 
For Hon. LIBRARIAN: 
Mr. CHARLES OLDHAM. 
For the COUNCIL: 
Mr. ROBERT CAIRNS ; 
Mr. EDWARD COLLIER ; 
Mr. JoHN R. B. MASEFIELD, M.A. 
Mr. WILLIAM Moss, F.C.A. ; 
Mr. J. T. MARSHALL ; 
Mr. P. B. Mason, J.P., M.R.C.S., F.L.S: 
On the motion of the Council it was resolved :— 
(1) “That Rule 4 be amended by the omission of all words after the 
word ‘ guineas.’ ” 
(2) ‘‘ That Rule 6 be omitted altogether.” 
The Presidential Address 
was then delivered by the retiring President, Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill, on 
“‘The Principles of Nomenclature and their application to the Genera of 
Recent Mollusca.” 
A vote of thanks to the President for his services during the year and 
for his address was proposed by Mr. Henry Coates, seconded by Mr. Alfred 
Leicester, and carried unanimously. The meeting then adjourned. 
J.C., vili., Oct. 1896, 
