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" by the Council, not later than the month of May in the 

 " year following, and may hold such intermediate ordinary 

 " meetings as the Society or the Council may from time to 

 " time determine," 



Proposed by the President and seconded by Professor 

 Horace Lamb, M.A., F.R.S. :— 



That Clause 27 of the Articles of Association be rescinded, 

 and that in lieu thereof the following be one of the Clauses of the 

 said Articles : — 



"27. The first ordinary meeting of the Session shall be 

 "held in the first week in October, and the subsequent 

 " ordinary meetings in every alternate week up to such time 

 " (not being later than the end of May) on such days and at 

 " such hours as the Council may from time to time determine." 



Proposed by the PRESIDENT and seconded by Mr. 



Alfred Brothers, F.R.A.S. : — 



That Clause 28 of the Articles of Association be rescinded, 



and that in lieu thereof the following be one of the Clauses of the 



said Articles : — 



"28. If at any time Christmas Day, or the week following 

 " it, or Easter week shall so fall as to make the holding of an 

 " ordinary meeting in accordance with the last preceding 

 " Clause in the opinion of the Council inconvenient, then the 

 " date of such meeting may be altered as the Council shall 

 "think fit. 



Proposed by the President and seconded by Mr. 

 Francis Jones, F.R.S.E. : — 



That Clause 90 of the Articles of Association be rescinded, 

 and that in lieu thereof the following be one of the Clauses of the 

 said Articles : — 



" 90. Each section shall pay to the Treasurer such sum 



" annually as the Council may from time to time determine. 



The following gentlemen were elected ordinary members : 

 William Boyd Dawkins, M.A., F.R.S., Professor of 

 Geology at the Owens College, Manchester ; James 

 Whitehead, Gentleman, Lindfield, Fulshaw Park, Wilms- 

 low; R.A.TATTON, Engineer to the Mersey and Irwell Joint 



