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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 
A vote of thanks to Mr. John Hopkinson, retiring from the office 
of Honorary Secretary, was proposed by the Chairman, seconded by 
Professor Attfield, and carried. 
The Chairman then delivered an Address on the Coinage of the 
Ancient Britons considered in relation to Natural Selection (p. xxii). 
The following gentlemen were duly elected as the Officers and 
Council for the ensuing year :— 
j President. —The Bight Honourable the Earl Cowper, X.G. 
Vice-Presidents. —Alfred T. Brett, M.D. ; Alfred Powell Buxton ; 
John Evans, D.C.L., LL.D., E.B.S., F.S.A., E.L.S., E.G.S., etc.; 
William Bansom ; George Booper, E.Z.S.; C. E. Shelly, B. A., M.B. 
Treasurer.—- Charles B. Humbert. 
Honorary Secretaries. —Bichard B. Croft, B.N., E.L.S., E.B.M.S., 
and Frederick George Lloyd. 
Librarian.— Allan Barraud. 
Curator. —William Yerini. 
Other Members. —Professor John Attfield, Ph.I)., F.B.S., F.C.S.; 
the Bev. Canon Bradby, D.D.; F. Haycraft Berry, M.B.; Frank 
M. Campbell, F.L S., F.Z.S., F.B.M.S.; E. M. Chater; Alfred J. 
Copeland; John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.BM.S., F.B.Met.Soc.; 
John E. Littleboy; F. W. Phillips, F.L.S.; Frank W. Silvester, 
F.B.Met.Soc.; Bev. E. T. Yaughan, M.A.; John Weall. 
The thanks of the Society were then accorded to Professor Attfield 
and Mr. F. M. Campbell retiring from the office of Yice-President; 
and to Mr. Arthur Cottam, the Bev. C. W. Harvey, M.A., and 
Mr. W. Lepard Smith retiring from the Council. 
Beport of the Council for 1883. 
In presenting the Ninth Annual Beport, the Council of the 
Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club can again 
congratulate the members upon the amount of work done in the 
investigation of the Natural History of the County, the number of 
valuable papers and lectures which have been read or delivered at 
the evening meetings, and the continued interest taken in the 
meetings in the field. 
During the year twenty-five ordinary members and four honorary 
members have been elected; five members have compounded for 
their annual subscription ; thirteen members have resigned; and 
the Council regrets to have to record the loss of four members by 
death—Mr. George Bright wen (a life-member), Mrs. Joseph Hill, 
Mr. Sydney Humbert, and Dr. F. H. Wilson lies. 
Two years ago Mr. Sydney Humbert was elected Treasurer of 
the Society, and by his death the Society has lost a most able officer 
and valued member. The position of Treasurer is one which 
requires methodical business habits in keeping the accounts, and 
energy and tact in collecting the subscriptions, especially those of 
