HERTFORD SHIRE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
XXXV 
Mr. Harold Proctor, Hunton Bridge, Watford, and Mr. W. 
Hammond Solly, M.A., F.G.S., Serge Hill, Abbot’s Langley, were 
proposed as Members. 
The following paper was read — 
“The Germ Theory of Disease.” By C. E. Shelly, B.A., M.B., 
Hon. Sec. 
Ordinary Meeting, 18th January, 1887, at Watford. 
Professor Attfield, Ph.D., F.K.S., F.I.C., E.C.S., President, in the Chair. 
Mr. Perceval Bosanquet, Mr. Harold Proctor, and Mr. W. 
Hammond Solly, M.A., E.G.S., were elected Members of the 
Society. 
The following lecture was delivered :— 
“On Fish and Fish-culture.” By W. Oldham Chambers, F.L S., 
Secretary and Director of the National Fish-culture Association. 
Mr. Upheld Green and Mr. John Weall were appointed Auditors 
of the accounts for 1886 . 
Anniversary Meeting, 15th February, 1887. 
(At Watford.) 
Professor Attfield, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.I.C., F.C.S., President, in the Chair. 
The Beport of the Council for 1886, and the Treasurer’s Account 
of Income and Expenditure, were read and adopted. 
The President delivered an Address on “ The Laws of Nature in 
relation to Health.” {Transactions, Yol. IY, p. 129.) 
The following gentlemen were duly elected as the Officers and 
Council for the ensuing vear :— 
President.— F. M. Campbell, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.B.M.S., F.E.S. 
Vice-Presidents. —Prof. John Attfield, Ph.D., F.B.S., F.I.C., F.C.S.; 
Perceval Bosanquet; Bichard B. Croft, B.N., F.L.S., F.B.M.S.; 
John Evans, D.C.L., LL.D., F.B.S., Pres.S.A., F.L.S., F.G.S., etc.; 
Augustus Hawks; John Hopkinson, F.L.S., E.G.S., F.B.M.S., 
E.B.Met.Soc. 
Treasurer. —Charles B. Humbert. 
Honorary Secretaries.- —Frederick G. Lloyd, and C. E. Shelly, 
B.A., M.B. 
Librarian. —F. Haycraft Berry, M.D. 
Curator. —William Yerini. 
Other Members. —Allan Barraud; A. P. Blathwayt; Alfred T. 
Brett, M.D. ; Alfred Fowell Buxton ; Arthur E. Gibbs, F.L.S. ; 
IJpfield Green; Daniel Hill; T. Mark Hovell, F.B.C.S. ; John 
Morison, M.D., F.G.S. ; Isaac Bobinson ; George Booper, F.Z.S. ; 
Arthur Stradling, C.M.Z.S. 
The thanks of the Society were accorded to Professor Attfield, 
Ph.D., F.B.S., etc., retiring from the office of President; to Dr. 
A. T. Brett, Mr. F. M. Campbell, F.L.S., etc., and the Bight Hon. 
