account of tbc (Seneral flDeetmgs anb tbe 
annual flDeeting of tbe Society from January 
I6tb, 1913, to December 6tb, 1913. 
The following account of the various meetings has been com- 
piled by the Secretary, but most of the reports of the meetings 
are due to the Reporting Secretary, Mr. J. Kemp, whose reports 
to the daily papers thus obtain a more permanent place. There 
are but few alterations as compared with the form in which the 
reports were sent to the Western Daily Press and the Times and 
Mirror. 
THE 50th ANNUAL MEETING. 
January 16th, 191 3. 
(Western Daily Press, Jan. 17th, 1913). 
"The 50th annual meeting of the Bristol Naturalists' Society 
was held in one of the lecture rooms of the University, on Thurs- 
day evening. The Reports of the Secretary, Treasurer and 
Librarian for the year were read, after which the officers and 
Council for the new year were elected by ballot. There was no 
opposition to the names on the balloting list, which were as 
follows: — President: Miss Ida M. Roper, F.L.S. Vice-Presi- 
dents: Mr. G. C. Griffiths, F.Z.S., F.E.S., Professor Reynolds, 
M.A., F.G.S., Mr. C. Bartlett, and Mr. C. Fortey. Treasurer: 
Mr. W. A. Smith, M.B. Secretary : Dr. O. V. Darbishire. 
Reporting Secretary : Mr. J. T. Kemp. Librarian : Mr. A. B. 
Prowse, M.D., F.R.C.S. Sub-Librarian : Miss Ida M. Roper, 
F.L.S. Council: Messrs. F. Beames, B.Sc, E. H. Cook, D.Sc, 
H. Gummer, C. J. Hodgson, J. Rafter, M.A., Miss Reynolds, 
D. W. Stanton, R. B. Webb, and W. H. Wickes. 
" After the election Dr. G. Munro Smith, the retiring President, 
resigned the chair to Miss Roper, the first lady to hold the presi- 
dential office in the history of the Society. Miss Roper thanked 
the Society for the honour conferred on her. 
" Dr. G. Munro Smith then deliveerd the annual address, in 
which he spoke of various unscientific and therefore misleading 
ways in which natural history subjects were often treated by 
writers on them." 
[N.B. — Dr. Smith's annual address is printed in full in the last 
number of the Proceedings.] 
