SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS. ix 
SUMMARY of PROCEEDINGS at the MEETINGS. 
The first meeting of the thirty-second session was held at 
the University, on Friday, October 12th, 1917. 
The President-elect (Joseph A. Clubb, D.Sc.) took the 
chair in the Zoology Theatre. 
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The Report of the Council on the Session 1916-1917 (see 
“ Proceedings,” Vol. XXXI, p. vii) was submitted and 
adopted. 
The Treasurer’s Balance Sheet for the Session 1916-17 
(see ‘‘ Proceedings,”’ Vol. XX XI, p. xvi) was submitted 
and approved. 
The following Office-bearers and Council for the ensuing 
Session were elected :—-Vice-Presidents, Prof. Herdman, 
D.Se., F.R.S., and Prof. J. S. Macdonald, L.R.C.P., 
F.R.S.; Hon. Treasurer, W. J. Halls; Hon. Librarian, 
May Allen, B.A. ; Hon. Secretary, Prof. W. A. Herdman, 
F.R.S.; Council, R. C. Bamber, M.Sc. (Miss), J. W. 
Cutmore, G. Ellison, W. T. Haydon, F.L.S., Prof. E. 
Glynn, M.A., M.D., J. Johnstone, D.Sc., Douglas Laurie, 
M.A., W. S. Laverock, M.A., B.Sc., Prof. R. Newstead, 
M.Se., F.R.S., Prof. W. Ramsden, M.A. D.M., 
W. Rimmer Teare and Edwin Thompson, C.C. — 
Dr. Joseph A. Clubb delivered the Presidential Address 
on ‘The Public Museum and LEducation” (see 
“ Transactions,” p. 3). A vote of thanks proposed by 
Prof. Herdman, seconded by Mr. J. G. Legge, Director 
of Education, was passed. 
