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Erntual Jteftnn, 1910. 



The Annual Meeting for 1910 was held in the Trinity Hall, 

 Lome Park, Bournemouth, on Saturday, October 29th, at 

 4.30 p.m. The chair was taken by Dr. Ord. 



The minutes of the last Annual Meeting, held on the 30th 

 October, 1909, were read by Dr. Dixon and confirmed. 



The Committee's Report for the past year was read and 

 adopted. 



The Hon. Treasurer read his Statement of Accounts and 

 Balance Sheet, showing a balance in hand of ^"68 us. 8d. The 

 Balance Sheet was accepted and a vote of thanks was passed to the 

 Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Brumell. 



The Reports of the Chairmen of Sections were read. Details 

 of these appear in the 2nd vol. of " Proceedings." 



Dr. Dukinfield H. Scott, m.a., ll.d., f.r.s., f.g.s., President of 

 the Linnean Society, was proposed as the President of the Society 

 for the ensuing year and was elected unanimously. 



Four vacancies in the Committee of the past year were filled 

 up by Sir Daniel Morris, k.c.m.g., m.a., f.l.s., Mr. G. M. French, 

 Mr. F. I. Cooke, and Mr. T. Michell ; in place of Mr. Parkinson 

 Curtis and Mr. G. M. Stubbs retiring. Mr. H. Le Jeune was 

 appointed Hon. Sec. and Mr. Wells to joint Chairmanship of the 

 Microscopical and Zoological Section. Mr. Liddiard resigned the 

 Chair of the Geographical Section and was succeeded by Mr. A. 

 Scott, B.A. 



The rest of the Officers and Committee were re-elected as for 

 the past year. 



Rule 13 was altered to read " The Officers of the Society shall 



consist of an Hon. Treasurer, an Hon. Librarian, an Hon. 



Secretary and one or more Assistant Secretaries." The word 

 " Honorary " to be deleted wherever it occurs qualifying " Secre- 

 taries " (plural). 



Rule 14 was altered, the word " Council" being substituted for 

 the word £< Committee," and wherever the word " Committee" 

 occurs throughout the Rules. And the last sentence but one, 

 commencing " The Chairman shall," etc., was altered to " The 

 Council shall have power to appoint Committees to deal with any 

 business that may be delegated to them." 



Dr. Crallan, on behalf of a large number of members of the 

 Society, presented to Dr. Dixon a Cambridge Scientific Rocking 

 Microtome and a cheque for £1% 5s., as a testimonial to his services 

 as Hon. Secretary for the last six years. Dr. Dixon thanked the 

 Society for the testimonial and their kindness. 



