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On the motion of Mr. A. S. Kennard, seconded by Mr. W. M. Webb, 

 the above was adopted as the Annual Report of the Society. 



The following were elected as Officers and Council for the year 1909 : 



President.—^. B. Woodward, F.L.S., F.G.S. 



Vice-Presidents.— R.YL. Burne,M.A.,F.Z.S. ; Colonel R.H.Beddome, 



F.L.S.; Rev. R. Ashington Bullen, B.A.,r.L.S.; E. R. Sykes, 



B.A., P.L.S. 

 Treasurer.— :i. H. Ponsonby, F.Z.S., 15, Chesham Place, London, S.W. 

 Secretary.— (}. K. Gude, E.Z.S., 45, West Hill Road, Wandsworth, 



London, S.W. 

 Editor.—^. A. Smith, I.S.O., F.Z.S., Natural History Museum, 



Cromwell Road, London, S.W. 

 Other Memhers of Council. — W. E. Collinge, M.Sc. ; H. H. Bloomer, 



F.L.S. ; H. B. Preston, F.Z.S. ; W. G. Ridewood, D.Sc, 



F.L.S.; Alexander Reynell ; G. C. Crick, F.G.S. 

 On the motion of the Rev. R. Ashington Bullen, seconded by 

 Mr. H. B. Preston, a vote of thanks was passed to the Retiring Officers 

 and Members of the Council, and to the Auditors and Scrutineers. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



Friday, 12th Febetjaet, 1909. 



B. B. Woodward, F.L.S. , President, in the Chair. 



Professor Dr. K. Kraeppelin, jS"atnrhistorisches Museum, Hamburg, 

 was elected to membership of the Society. 



The President delivered his annual address, entitled " Darwinism 

 and Malacology." On the motion of Mr. G. C. Crick, seconded by 

 Mr. R. H. Burne, a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Woodward for 

 his interesting address, which it was resolved should be printed in 

 extenso. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



Friday, 12th March, 1909. 



E. R. Sykes, B.A., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Francis N. Balch, Boston, Mass., U.S.A., was elected to 

 membership of the Society. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. "Description of a new species of Oliva from the Andaman 

 Islands." By F. G. Bridgman. 



2. " Notes on the genera Cyincea and Trivia.''^ By H. 0. N". 

 Shaw, F.Z.S. 



3. " On the Shell Mound at Sidon." By Rey. A. H. Cooke, 

 M.A., F.Z.S. 



4. " On the habitat of certain species of Clausilia from the coast of 

 Syria." By Rev. A. H. Cooke, M.A., F.Z.S. 



