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JLnnnal Jfteetitig, 1917. 



THE Fourteenth Annual Meeting was held in the Society's Room 

 in the Municipal College on Saturday, October 27th, Sir 

 Daniel Morris, Chairman of the Council, presiding. 



The Council's Report and the Hon. Treasurer's Statement of 

 Accounts were read. The latter showed receipts £S19 19s. 5d. 

 and payments ,£228 Os. 9d., leaving a balance of cash in hand 

 ^91 18s. 8d., plus £47 10s. invested in £50 five per cent. War 

 Loan. The* Council's Report indicated that the Society had main- 

 tained its career of activity and usefulness. The number of 

 Members on September 30th was 394 as compared with 406 on 

 the same date last year. The Society had suffered the loss by 

 death of eleven of its Members during the year. 



There had been 67 Meetings and Excursions during the year. 

 The special feature of the Lectures was a series of five popular 

 lantern lectures on the resources of the Empire and the splendid 

 service rendered by the Overseas Dominions in connection with 

 the War, the subjects being Newfoundland, New Zealand, Aus- 

 tralia, Canada, and the Crown Colonies. A small charge was 

 made to non-members of the Society, and the net proceeds, 

 £11 16s. 6d., were given to the Mayor's Local War Fund. 



The Reports of the various sections were read by their 

 respective Chairmen, and the Hon. Librarian presented his report. 



Dr. S. McCalmont Hill, D.C.L., in appropriate words, pro- 

 posed a vote of thanks to the retiring President (the Rt. Hon. the 

 Earl of Malmesbury, D.L., J. P.). 



Sir Jethro J. H. Teall, M.A., D.Sc, LL.D. , F.R.S., who 



was for twelve years director of the Geological Survey, was unani- 

 mously elected President of the Society for 1917-18. 



The Officers and Council for the= year were elected, and Mr. 

 Geo. Grace, B.Sc, A.R.C.Sc, was elected Assistant Hon. Secre- 

 tary. 



Sir Daniel Morris explained that the care of the Society's 

 collections needed the appointment of a Curator, and Mr. W. G. 

 Wallace was elected to that office as Hon. Curator. 



Mr. E. Bicker and Mr. C. H. Blackett were elected Hon. 

 Auditors, and a vote of thanks was passed to the former, who 

 had audited the accounts for the past year. 



The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman. 



An alterat'on in Rules 5 and 27 by the insertion of the words 

 " Hon. Curator," rendered necessary by this appointment, was 

 sanctioned. 



