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At the last Annual Meeting held in the Society's Room, 

 Municipal College, on October 30th, 1915, Sir Daniel Morris, 

 K.C.M.G., J. P., M.A., etc., was unanimously re-elected Presi- 

 dent and gave his Presidential Address in Trinity Hall on 

 November 13th. 



The Earl of Malmesbury has kindly consented to be 

 nominated for election as President for 1916-17. 



During the Winter, owing to the restrictions of the Lighting 

 Order, the Lectures were given at three o'clock instead of at 4.30, 

 and in view of the increased stringency of the regulations, the 

 Council recommends the same course to be followed this Winter. 

 The Lectures given during the Winter Session were fully up to 

 their usual high level ; one in particular deserves special notice. 

 It was entitled " A Study of Splashes," and was given on March 

 23rd by Professor A. M. Worthington, C.B., F.R.S. : the effect 

 of dropping a sphere into water and its passage through the liquid 

 were studied by the aid of instantaneous photographs taken by 

 electric flashes and representing the condition of affairs at in- 

 tervals of 1 -500th of a second. 



Among the Sectional Lectures was a series treating of Carbon 

 in its Physical, Geological, Geographical and Botanical aspects, 

 followed by a General Lecture on " The Cses of Carbon," and 

 it is proposed to hold a similar series in the coming session in 

 connection with some other kindred subject. 



Sir Daniel Morris attended as Delegate from this Society to 

 the Meeting of the British Association at Newcastle in September 

 last. The next Meeting of the Association, as already announced, 

 will be held in Bournemouth in September next. 



The Societv has sustained a severe loss bv the death of Mr. 

 George Gibson Hamilton, M.B., F.R.C.S., F.R.H.S., which took 

 place on December 19th last after a short illness. His lectures, 

 illustrated by colour photography, which was a favourite study of 

 his, will be fresh in the memory of all. He was Chairman of 

 Council for rather more than a year before his death. He was a 

 leading spirit in the organization of the Congress of the South- 

 Eastern Union of Scientific Societies in June, 1914, and the Con- 

 versazione held in the Municipal College owed much of its success 

 to the large collection of scientific and interesting exhibits brought 

 together by his untiring efforts. 



The Council has also to record the loss of one of its valued 

 members by the death of its former Hon. Secretary, Mr. Theo- 

 philus Michell, M.Inst.C.E. He had been in ill-health for some 

 time since his resignation of his official position. He was very 

 methodical and introduced some useful alterations in the inner 

 working of the Soc : ety. 



The Council also regrets the loss bv death of Dr. H. Collev 

 March, F.S.A., M.R.S.A.I., F.A.I. , and of Admiral C. E. Gissing, 

 Mrs. Aldridge, and Miss E. H. Southby. 



