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tibe Selbornc Societij’s aDagasinc. 
No. 186. JUNE, 1905. VoL. XVI. 
THE ANNUAL MEETING AND CONVERSAZIONE. 
ORE than 500 members and their friends were present 
at the Annual Meeting and Conversazione, on May 3, 
and formed, as Lord Avebury pointed out, the largest 
audience which has yet assembled to hear his annual 
address. Once more, owing to the kindness of His Majesty’s 
Office of Works and the Civil Service Commissioners, the 
meeting was held at the offices of the Civil Service Commission, 
Burlington Gardens, New Bond Street, and among those present 
were Lord Avebury and the Hon. Miss Lubbock, General Sir 
Luther Vaughan, K.C.B., and Lady Vaughan. Sir John Cock- 
burn, K.C.M.G., and Lady Cockbum, Sir James Crichton- 
Browne, Sir John Goldney, the Countess von Arnim, Mr. 
George Avenell, Mr. and Mrs. E. Bidwell, the Rev. R. Ashing- 
ton Bullen, B.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. (Honorary Secretary of the 
South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies), Professor Boulger, 
F.L.S., F.G.S. (Editor of Nature Notes), Mr. R. H. Burne, 
B.A. (Honorary Secretary of the Malacological Society), Mr. R. 
Miller Christy, F.L.S. (President of the Essex Field Club), Mr. 
and Mrs. Alfred T. Craig, Mr. Shaw Crompton, R.I., Mrs. 
Crompton, Mr. J. F. Davie, Mr. C. M. Hailes (Chairman of the 
Conversazione Committee) and Mrs. Hailes, Mr. John Hopkin- 
son, F.L.S. (Honorary Secretary of the Ray Society), and Mrs. 
Hopkinson, the Rev. H. N. Hutchinson, M.A., F.G.S., Mrs. 
Hutchinson, Dr. Jonathan Hutchinson, F.R.S., Miss Hutchin- 
son, Mr. S. W. Kershaw, F.S.A., Mrs. Percy Myles (Vice- 
President), Mr. Miihlberg, Mr. George Nicholson, F.L.S., Dr. 
Josiah Oldfield, Mr. W. H. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Parker, 
Professor and Mrs. Flinders Petrie, Mr. H. Plowman, F.S.A., 
Mr. Hubert Poole (Honorary Librarian), Mr. R. Garraway 
Rice, F,S.A., Mr. F. W. Rudler, I.S.O., F.G.S., Dr. Dukinfield 
Scott, F.R.S. (Secretary L. S.), Mrs. Dukinfield Scott, Mr. and 
Mrs Edward Step, Miss Kate Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. R. Marsh- 
