ANNUAL GENEEAL MEETING, 3eD APEIL 1952 
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 3rd April 1952 
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The Annual General Meeting was held in the Rooms of the Linnean 
Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, on 3rd April 1952, at 
7 p.m. 
The President was in the Chair and 59 members were present. 
The Honorary General Secretary read the Minutes of the last Annual 
General Meeting, which were approved and signed. 
Council’s Pepoet ; — The Report of Council for the year 1951 had 
lieen printed and circulated. Mr. Ash asked what had been the re- 
sponse to the Deed of Covenant Scheme. Mr. Swann said that only 
39 deeds had been entered into. The Report was adopted and Mr. 
Lo/usley was thanked for his work in drawing it up. 
Election of Vice-Peesident : — Three Vice-Presidents had been 
elected in 1951 to serve for a term of two years. Council had nominated 
Professor T. G. Tutin to increase the number to the maximum of four. 
Prof. Tutin was unanimously elected. 
Election of Honoeaey General Seceetaet, Honoeart Treasurer, 
Hono’^ary Editor and Honorara^ Field Secretary : — Council had 
nominated Mr. J. E. Lousley, Mr. E. L. Swann, Dr. E. F. Warburg, 
and Dr. J. G. Dony respectively. These were unanimously re-elected. 
The Chairman expressed the gratitude of all for their labours over the 
past year. 
Election of Members of Council ; — There were four vacancies 
caused by the retirement of Mr. J. P. M. Brenan, Mr. R. A. Graham, 
Mr. W. R. Price, and Mr. E. C. Wallace. Eight nominations had been 
received from members. Ballot papers were distributed and Mr. Ash 
and Mr. Sandwith were appointed scrutineers. The following were de- 
clared elected: — Dr. D. P. Young, Mr. V. S. Summerhayes, Mr. E. B. 
Bangerter and Dr. S. M. Walters. Their order of seniority for retire- 
ment, as decided by lots drawn by the President, is in the sequence 
given. 
Mr. E. B. Bangerter then proposed a vote of thanks to the Presi- 
dent for acting as Chairman at meetings throughout the past year, and 
this was carried with acclamation. 
Before the meeting closed, the Honorary General Secretary made 
various announcements. At the request of the Council he drew mem- 
bers’ attention to the advantages to libraries in purchasing our own 
publications for exchange for those of foreign institutions. AVe would 
welcome such arrangements, which would help to make our work better 
knowm abroad and make foreign periodicals available to British 
libraries at far less expense than direct subscriptions. The General 
Secretary also announced that Mr. R. A. Graham had kindly offered to 
act for the time being as Referee for those Scottish vice-counties for 
which there were gaps in the list recently circulated. 
