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The Hon. Treasurer reported the resignation of Mr. Eoscoe, 
who has been the Society’s housekeeper for 23 years, 
and proposed that in consideration of his long and valued 
services, and as a mark of the esteem in which the Section 
holds him, the sum of £5 should be presented to him. This 
was seconded by Mr. E. C. Cunliffe, and carried unanimously. 
The following gentlemen were elected officers and council 
for the ensuing session : — 
Prof. W. C. WILLIAMSON, LL.D., F.R.S. 
CHARLES BAILEY, F.L.S. 
R. D. DARBISHIRE, B.A., F.G.S. 
J. COSMO MELYILL, M.A., F.L.S. 
MARK STIRRUP, F.G.S. 
JOHN BOYD. 
WM. BLACKBURN, F.R.M.S. 
ALFRED BROTHERS, F.R.A.S. 
PETER CAMERON, F.E.S. 
R. C. CUNLIFFE. 
ALEX HODGKINSON, B.Sc., M.B. 
FRANCIS NICHOLSON, F.Z.S. 
THOMAS ROGERS. 
THEODORE SINGTON. 
There were exhibited — By Mr. H. Hyde, skeletons of 
Uraster ruhens, beautifully prepared without maceration in 
water; by Mr. P. Cameron, F.E.S., some Hymenoptera 
from Mexico; by Mr. Mark Stirrup, F.G.S., the bronze 
