ANNXTAIi GKXE15A1- MEETINC, 14tH AriUL 1951 
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 14th April 1951 
The Annual General Meeting was held in the Rooms of the Linnean 
Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, at 2.15 p.m., on 14th April 1951. 
The President, Mr. J. S. Gilmour, was in the Chair and 80 members 
were present. 
The Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting were read and con- 
firmed. 
The Reports for the year 1950 of the Honorary General Secretary, 
the Honorary Treasurer, the Honorary Editor and the Honorary Field 
Secretary, which had been circulated, were adopted. 
The President expressed his thanks and the thanks of the meeting 
to the Officers and Committees who had worked so hard during 1950, 
and notc'd with satisfaction the much better financial position in which 
the Society now found itself compared with a year ago. 
Alteration op Rules : — The following alterations of Rules were pro- 
posed : — 
Rule 3 (a), for "one or more Vice-Presidents . . read “not more than four 
Vice-Presidents”. Rule 3 (d), substitute ‘‘The President and Vice-Presidents shall 
be elected to serve for a term of two years and shall not be eligible to serve for 
a period of more thao four consecutive years; the other Officers shali be re- 
elected annually and shall be eligible for re-election each year. Nominations 
for Officers shall be made by the Council for election at the .Annual General 
Meeting”. Rule 3 (e), substitute “The elected members of the Council shall be 
elected at the Annual General Meeting; four of the elected members shall retire 
every year by rotation in order of seniority; the seniority of members to be de- 
termined by drawing lots at the time of their election. Retiring members shall 
not be eligible for re-election until the next Annual General Meeting”. Rule 19. 
delete last sentence. Rule 23 (a), delete last sentence and substitute ‘ The 
Honorary General Secretary, in consultation with the President, may, if neces- 
sary, call a meeting of the Council without notice immediately after the .Annual 
General Meeting”. Rule 23 (c), alter ‘ The Council may” in line 1, add ‘ each 
year”. 
All tlie alterations were carried unanimously. 
Election oP Opficers : — President — Mr. Gilmour expressed his grati- 
fication and pleasure at having presided over the Society during a time 
when we had made so much progress. He thanked all Officers, Commit- 
tees and members for all their help and wished the Society the best of 
luck in the future. Canon C. E. Raven had been nominated by Council 
for the post of President of the Society for 1954, and he had great 
pleasure in proposing him, adding “We could have no more fitting Pre- 
sident”. Canon Raven was elected unanimously with applause. He 
then occupied the Chair and expre.ssed great pleasure at the honour done 
him; he felt somewhat overwhelmed, but hoped to be able to help the 
Society to continue in its course of successful development and expan- 
sion. 
