20 
MINUTKS OF SPECIAL GENEKAL MEETING, 25tH OCTOBEK 1947 
Miss Campbell reported that 157 people attended at the 1947 Excur- 
sions and that the total attendance was 241 (members 205, guests 36). 
The preliminary programme for 1948 was announced, together with 
notification of the introduction of an Application Fee to cover expenses 
incurred in the arrangement of excursions. Miss Campbell also an- 
nounced that a Conference on “ The Study of Critical British Grouj)s ” 
was being arranged to take place in London on April 9th and 10th, 1948. 
The Chairman, on behalf of members, made the Presentation of the 
“ Monograph and Iconograph of Native British Orchidaceae ” by M. J. 
Godfery to the Rt. Hon. H. T. Baker in recognition of his long and 
valued service as Chairman of the Society. Mr Baker, in accepting the 
gift, made a graceful speech of thanks. 
A vote of thanks was warmly accorded to the Linnean Society for the 
use of their rooms. 
The meeting ended shortly after 4 o’clock with a hearty vote of thanks 
to the Chairman. 
