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president’s address. 
the existence of this form is continued even into the cretaceous 
deposits of Cutch, where Glossopteris ajjpears for the last time 
in the lower latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, but still 
creeps northward until, during the Oolitic period, it becomes 
firmly established in Europe. 
I hope on a future occasion to lay before you an abstract of 
the evidence which has been accumulated about these questions, 
without as yet having received a satisfactory interpretation ; but 
for the present I venture to conclude that the hypothesis of an 
Indo-Africo- Australian glaciated continent is improbable and 
unnecessary, and that the evidence of glacial action forms a most 
insecure basis for the determination of contemporaneous formation 
in different localities. 
Floreat Soctetas Linneana. 
On the motion of Mr. P. N. Trebeck a heai’ty vote of thanks was 
accorded to the President for his Address. 
The Hon. James Norton, M.L.C., Hon. Treasurer, reported on 
the financial condition of the Society, showing a credit balance of 
£15 19s. 4d. 
The following gentlemen were elected 
OFFICE-BEARERS AND COUNCIL FOR 1889. 
President : 
Professor W. J. Stephens, M.A., F.G.S. 
Vice-Presidents : 
Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, F.L.S., F.G.S. 
James C. Cox, M.D., F.L.S. 
C. S. Wilkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S. 
