HERTFORDSHIRE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
XV 
The following paper was read:— 
“ Seeds and Emits; their Structure and Migrations.” By A. E. 
Gibbs, F.L.S. ( Transactions , Yol. YI, p. 16.) 
Mr. T. J. Broad and Mr. E. M. Chater were nominated auditors 
of the accounts for 1889. 
Anniversary Meeting, 2 1st February, 1890. 
(At Watford.) 
The Bight Honourable the Earl of Clarendon, President, in 
the Chair. 
The Beport of the Council for 1889, and the Treasurer’s Account 
of Income and Expenditure, were read and adopted. 
Dr. Archibald Geikie, F.B.S.L. and E., President of the Geo¬ 
logical Society of London, Director-General of the Geological 
Surveys of the Dnited Kingdom, 28, Jermyn Street, London, S.W., 
was elected an Honorary Member of the Society. 
The President delivered an Address on ‘ ‘ Field Sports and their 
hearing on the National Character.” ( Transactions , Yol. YI, p. 1.) 
The following gentlemen were duly elected as the Officers and 
Council for the ensuing year:— 
President. —The Bight Honourable the Earl of Clarendon. 
Vice-Presidents. —F. M. Campbell, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.B.M.S, 
F.E.S.; Bichard B. Croft, B.N., F.L.S., F.B.M.S.; Augustus 
Hawks; John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.B.M.S., F.B.Met.Soc.; 
George Booper, F.Z.S.; Arthur Stradling, C.M.Z.S. 
Treasurer. —John Weall. 
Son. Secretaries. —John Morison, M.D., D.P.H., F.G.S., and 
Charles Edward Shelly, B.A., M.B. 
Librarian. —Upheld Green, F.G.S. 
Curator. —A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S. 
Other Members. —Prof. Attheld, M.A., Ph.D., F.B.S., F.I.C., 
F.C.S.; Percival Bosanquet; F. Haycraft Berry, M.D.; Alfred T. 
Brett, M.D.; Arthur M. Brown, B.A.; W. B. Carter; Alfred 
Eteson, M.D., M.B.C.S.; John Evans, D.C.L., LL.D., Treas. B.S., 
Pres. S.A., F.L.S., F.G.S.; J. W. Bohins; Isaac Bohinson; F. W. 
Silvester, F.B.Met.Soc.; Bev. E. T. Yaughan, M.A. 
The thanks of the Society were accorded to Prof. Attheld and 
Mr. Percival Bosanquet retiring from the office of Yice-President; 
and to Mr. A. Barraud, Mr. A. P. Blathwayt, Mr. H. Cayley, and 
Mr. Daniel Hill retiring from the Council. 
Beport of the Council for 1889. 
In presenting the 15th Annual Beport, the Council of the 
Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club has much 
