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minutes of annual GB^NEKAL meeting, 30th APRIL 1947. 
MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 30th APRIL 1947 
The Auiuial General Meeting was held in the rooms of the Linnean 
Society, Burlington House, Piccaclilh^ at 2.35 p.m. on Wednesday, 30tii 
April 1947. 
The Rt. Hon. H. T. Baker was in the Chair and 49 members were 
present. 
The iMinutes of the last Annual General Meeting were read and 
confirmed. 
The Reports of the Hon. General Secretary, the Hon. Treasurer 
and the Hon. Joint Editors, which had been circulated with the notice 
convening the meeting, were, on a motion from the Chair, adopted. 
In addition, the Hon. Treasurer stated that the financial position was 
not as favourable as it might appear from the accounts, as the Annual 
Beports for 1945 and 1946 had still to be paid for out of the balance 
standing to the credit of the General Fund. 
Before the commencement of the next l)usiness — election of a Chair- 
man — the Rt. Hon. H. T. Baker left the Chair, which was filled b.v 
iMr Wilmott. Mr AVilmott, in moving a vote of thanks to Mr Baker, 
which was received with ap])lause, paid a tribute on behalf of the 
Society to Air Baker for the work he had done for the Society and for 
the dignity and good sense which he had brought to its meetings as its 
Chairman for 15 years. Mr Baker in reply expressed his thanks to 
.Mr Wilmott for his remarks and to the meeting for the way in which 
it had received them. Mr Wilmott then moved that Air J. S. L. ' 
Gilmour be elected Chairman, which, when put to the Aleeting, was 
carried witli applause. Air Gilmour then took the Chair and returned 
tlianks for his election, which he considered an honour, and associated 
himself with Mr Wilmott and his tribute to Mr Baker. 
On a proposal from the Chair, the following ivere elected Officers 
of the Societ.v ; — 
Vice-Chairman — Mr A. H. G. Alston. 
Hon. General Secretary — Air J. F. G. Chapi)le. 
Hon. Treasurer^ — ]\Ir J. E. Lousley. 
Hon. Joint Editors — JMessrs E. C. Wallace and A. J. Wilmott, 
]Mr C. L. Collenette was appointed Hon. Auditor. 
The Chairman then ex])lained that there were six vacancies on tlie 
Committee for which theie had been eight nominations. Four were 
annual vacancies caused bv normal retirement under the Buies, which 
could only he filled b.v nominations made under Buie 3 (e), and two 
were due to other causes which could be filled by nominations made 
at the meeting. He asked whether it was the wish of the meeting that 
the two candidates obtaining the fifth and sixth highe.st number of 
