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4 Minutes of Meeting.

Balloting papers for the election of President, Vice- Presidents, Council, and Officers for the year 1902 having been distributed, IMessrs. Holmes and Tozer were duly appointed scrutineers for the ballot.

The President then delivered his Presidential Address [which will be found in extenso on pp. 12-28].

The result of the ballot w^as then announced by the President, and the following ladies and gentlemen who had been nominated by the Council were declared to have been duly elected, viz.: —

As President : Mr. E. W. Brabrook.

As Vice-Presidents : The Hon. J. Abercromby, the Rt. Hon. Lord Avebury, Miss C. S Burne, Mr. Edward Clodd, Mr. G. Laurence Gomme, Mr. E. Sidney Hartland, Mr. Andrew Lang, Mr. Alfred Nutt, Professor York Powell, Professor J. Rhys, the Rev. Professor A. H. Sayce, and Professor E. B. Tylor.

As Members of Council : Miss Lucy Broadwood, Mr. E. K. Chambers, Mr. W. Crooke, Mr. F. T. Elworthy, Miss Margaret Ffennell, Dr. J. G. Frazer, Dr. Gaster, Miss Eleanor Hull, Mr. E. F. im Thurn, Professor W. P. Ker, Mr. R. R. Marett, Mr. J. L. Myres, Mr. S. E. Bouverie Pusey. Mr. T. F. Ordish, Mr. W. H. D. Rouse, Mr. C. G. Seligmann, Mr. Walter W. Skeat, Mr. C. Tabor, Mr. H. B. Wheatley, and Mr. A. R. Wright.

As Hon. Treasurer : Mr. Edward Clodd

As Hon. Auditors: Mr. F. G. Green and Mr. N. W. Thomas.

As Secretary : Mr. F. A. Milne.

On the motion of Mr. Clodd, seconded by Mr. Hartland, a vote of thanks was accorded to the President for his address, and on the motion of the President, seconded by Mr. Gomme, a vote of thanks was accorded to the outgoing Members of the Council, viz. : Mr. Courthope Bowen, Mr. F. C. Conybeare, Mr. J. E. Crombie, Professor Haddon, Mr. A. F. Major, and Professor B. C. A. Windle, for their services