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Minutes of Meetings.

THE THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20th, 1909.

The President (Dr. Gaster) in the Chair.

The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and confirmed.

The Annual Report, Statement of Accounts, and Balance Sheet for the year 1908 were duly presented, and upon the motion of Mr. Major, seconded by Mr. Tabor, it was resolved that the same be received and adopted.

Balloting papers for the election of President, Vice-Presidents, Council, and officers having been distributed, the Secretary and Mr. S. A. H. Burne were nominated by the Chairman as scrutineers for the Ballot.

The Chairman, having delivered his Presidential Address, announced the result of the ballot, and the following ladies and gentlemen were declared duly elected, viz.:—

As President, Miss C. S. Burne.

As Vice-Presidents, The Hon. John Abercromby; The Right Hon. Lord Avebury, D.CL., LL.D., F.R.S.; Sir E. W. Brabrook, C.B., F.S.A.; E. Clodd, Esq.; J. G. Frazer, Esq., LL.D., Litt.D.; Dr. Gaster; G. Laurence Gomme, Esq., F.S.A.; A. C. Haddon, Esq., D.Sc, F.R.S.; E. S. Hartland, Esq., F.S.A.; Andrew Lang, Esq., M.A., LL.D.; Alfred Nutt, Esq.; Prof. Sir J. Rhys, LL.D., F.B.A., F.S.A.; W. H. D. Rouse, Esq., Litt.D.; The Rev. Prof. A. H. Sayce, M.A., LL.D., D.D.; and Prof E. B. Tylor, LL.D., F.R.S.