24 MEETINGS. 



able to offer the Society the requisite accommodation in 

 connection with this Library, and . also the use of such scien- 

 tific volumes as we have upon our shelves. I must especially 

 thank our excellent Vice-President Mr. Whitehead, for the 

 very kind and efficient manner in which he has so often 

 supplied my place when I was unavoidably absent ; also the 

 Honorary Secretary Mr. Sharp, the Hon. Treasurer Mr. Luff, 

 and various members of the Council for much valuable 

 and opportune assistance, always most kindly and readily 

 rendered. These courteous attentions, added to the constant 

 support and sympathy of the members generally, have ren- 

 dered my tenure of office a very agreeable one, and in now 

 terminating it, I can only tender my warmest thanks to 

 everyone concerned, and express an earnest hope that the 

 Society may be still more prosperous and successful in the 

 future than it has yet been in the past. 



The election of the officers of the Society was then pro- 

 ceeded with. Mr. J. Whitehead was unanimously elected 

 President for the ensuing year, and the following gentlemen 

 were elected to compose the Council : — Messrs. F. M. Alles, 

 A. Collenette, G. T. Derrick, E. D. Marquand, J. L. Pitts, and 

 J. B. Nickolls. Mr. W. Sharp and Mr. W. A. Luff were 

 re-elected Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer respectively, 

 with the thanks of the Society for their efficient services 

 in the past. A hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Guille, the 

 retiring President, concluded the formal business of the 

 evening, and the members then proceeded to the Museum 

 where the various recent additions were examined with much 

 interest. 



