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2 Minutes of Meetings.

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

The Report of the Council, with the Cash Account and Balance Sheet, for the year 1914, were presented to the Meeting, and, on the motion of the Chairman, seconded by- Sir Laurence Gomme, it was resolved that the same be received and adopted.

The following ladies and gentlemen were duly elected to hold office for the ensuing year, viz. : —

As President— K. R. Marett, M.A., D.Sc.

As Vice-Presidents — The Hon. J. Abercromby, Sir E. W. Brabrook, C.B. ; Miss Charlotte S. Burne, Edward Clodd, W. Crooke, B.A. ; Sir J. G. Frazer, D.C.L., LL.D. ; M. Gaster, Ph.D. ; Sir Laurence Gomme, F.S.A. ; A. C. Had- don, D.Sc, F.R.S. ; E. S. Hartland, F.S.A. ; Professor the Right Hon. Sir J. Rhys, P.C, LL.D. ; W. H. D. Rouse, Litt.D. ; The Rev. Professor A. H. Sayce, LL.D., D.D. ; Professor Sir E. B. Tylor, LL.D., D.C.L., F.S.A.; and A. R. Wright.

As Members of Council— Mrs. M. M. Banks, M. Long- worth Dames, Lady Gomme, P. J. Heather, W. L. Hild- burgh, M.A., Ph.D., T. C. Hodson, Miss Eleanor Hull, E. Lovett, A. F. Major, W. H. R. Rivers, M.D., F.R.S., H. V. Routh, C. G. Seligman, M.D. ; C. J. Tabor, E. Torday, His Honour J. S. Udal, F.S.A. ; E. Westermarck^ Ph.D. ; H. B. Wheatley, F.S.A., D.C.L. ; and Sir B. C. A. Windle, F.R.S.

As Hon. Treasurer — Edward Clodd.

As Hon. Auditor — C. J. Tabor.

As Editor of' Folk-Lore— V^. Crooke, B.A.

The Chairman delivered his Presidential Address, entitled " War and Savagery," for which a vote of thanks, moved by Sir Laurence Gomme and seconded by Dr. Gaster, was carried by acclamation. A vote of thanks was also passed to Mr. F. G. Green, the retiring Auditor.