ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



HELD IN THE HOUSE OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS, 

 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7th, 1905. 



The Right Hon. the Earl of Halsbury (President), 

 in the Chair. 



Letters of regret for inability to be present were read from Bishop 

 Welldon, Mr. David Howard, Y.P., the Dean of Canterbury, the 

 Rev. G. W. Whidborne and others. 



The Right Hon. The Earl of Halsbury, F.R.S. (President), 

 opened the meeting. He regretted that a public duty would 

 prevent him from remaining — it was not a private duty, but a 

 public duty, and as such could not be neglected — and therefore he 

 must vacate the chair for the present. 



The Secretary. — In the absence of the Lord Chancellor, I 

 propose that General Halliday be requested to take the Chair. 



General Halliday. — In the absence of the Lord Chancellor, I 

 will now call upon the Secretary to read the Report. 



The Report of the Council was then read by the Secretary, 

 Professor E. Hull, LL.D., F.R.S. , as follows : — 



1. In presenting the Thirty-^ inth Annual Report, the Council 

 have pleasure in stating that the past session has not been less 

 satisfactory in its proceedings than those which preceded it. 

 As was to be expected, there are losses in membership by death 

 and resignation ; but in the latter cases it is seldom that a 

 member resigns without expression of regret that he is obliged 

 to do so owing to circumstances over which he has no control. 

 Occasionally resignations are withdrawn, and members rejoin 

 the Society. 



