MEETINGS. 121 



The President announced that the Annual Meeting for 

 the election of a new President and Conncil, and the reading 

 of the sectional reports, wonld be lield on the 5th of December. 



The Ticenty-fouvth Annual Meeting of the Society hras held on 



the oth December, 1906, Rev. W\ Campbell Penney, M.A., 



President, in the chair. 



Miss Bishop and Mr. A. Berry were nnanimouslj elected 

 menibers of the Society. 



Mr. R. C Mabbs contributed a paper (read by Mr. 

 Tanner) giving a list of the Sea Anemones known to occur on 

 the shores of these islands. Mr. Sinel, of «Tersey, who was 

 present, made some remarks on the subject, and added one or 

 two species to the list. ]\lr. Mabbs' paper is printed further 

 on. 



The Annual Sectional Reports, embodying the work 

 of the year in various branches, were then read as follows : — 



Entomology, by Mr. W. A. LufF. 

 Greology, by Mr. C. (x. De La Mare. 

 Botany, by Mr. E. D. Marquand. 

 Marine Zoology, by Mr. R. C. Mabbs. 

 Folk Lore, by Mr. »]. Linwood Pitts. 

 Ornithology, by Mr. E. D. Marquand. 



The Annual Report of the Council was next read by 

 the Secretary, followed by the Treasurer's statement of 

 accounts, and the Report of the Hon. Librarian, Mr. G. 

 Barry. 



The President's two years' term of office having now 

 expired, he delivered the interesting Address which will be 

 found in the following pages immediately after the Sectional 

 Reports. And then having formally nominated the Rev. G. 

 E. Lee, M.A., Rector of St. Peter-Port, as his successor, Mr. 

 Lee was unanimously elected President of the Society for the 

 ensuing two years, the retiring President becoming one of the 

 Vice-Presidents. 



The election of Officers and Council was next proceeded 

 with. The Hon. Secretary (Mr. Derrick) and the Hon. 

 Treasurer (Mr. Luff) were re-elected by acclamation, and 

 the ballot for the new Committee resulted in the election 

 of Mr. F. J. S. Wyeth, M.A., to replace Mr. R. C. Mabbs, 

 who has left the island, the remaining five members of the old 

 Committee being re-elected, viz. : Messrs. De La Mare, 

 Pitts and Tanner, Lieut.-Col. De Guerin, and Miss Mellish, 



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