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Vol. III. MAY, 1868. No. 5. 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
Thursday, May 7th, 1868,— Mr. Thomas Pease, F.G.S., Vice-President, 
in the chair. 
The Hon. Secretary, Mr. Adolph Leipner, having read the minutes of the 
preceding Meeting, which were confirmed, announced that Mr. Oliver 
Giles and Mr. R. V. Sherring had been elected ordinary members of the 
Society. 
He then proposed the following new Rule, which was seconded by the 
Hon. Treasurer, Mr. W. W. Stoddart, F.G.S., and carried unanimously :— 
"That any member wishing to resign, is to notify his intention of doing 
so, in writing, to the Honorary Secretary ; and that the Honorary Secretary 
shall be authorized to withhold the Proceedings from any member from 
whom two subscriptions are due, and that the Council shall be empowered 
to remove the name of such defaulter from the list of members." 
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting having been read, 
The Hon. Reporting Secretary Mr. T. Graham Ponton, F.Z.S., presented 
the following report of the Council. 
THE REPORT OE THE COUNCIL. 
It is once more the duty of the Council to lay before you their report of 
the progress of the Society during the past year. 
