bers of Council, and Officers for the year 1898 were balloted for, and upon a scrutiny of the ballot papers were declared to have been duly elected, viz.:—
As President: Mr. Alfred Nutt.
As Vice-Presidents: The Hon. J. Abercromby, Miss C. S. Burne, Mr. Edward Clodd, Mr. G. Laurence Gomme, Professor A. C. Haddon, Mr. Andrew Lang, The Rt. Hon. Sir J. Lubbock, Lt.-Gen. Pitt-Rivers, Professor F. York-Powell, Professor J. Rhys, the Rev. Professor A. H. Sayce, and Dr. E. B. Tylor.
As Members of Council: Mr. C. J. Billson, Dr. Karl Blind, Miss M. Roalfe Cox, Mr. W. Crooke, Mr. Leland L. Duncan, Mr. J. P. Emslie, Dr. Gaster, Mr. T. Gowland, Mr. E. Sidney Hartland, Mr. T. W. E. Higgens, Mr. Joseph Jacobs, Dr. F. B. Jevons, Mr. W. F. Kirby, Mr. J. T. Naake, Mr. T. Fairman Ordish, Mr. W. H. D. Rouse, Mr. M. J. Walhouse, Mr. H. B. Wheatley, and Mr. A. R. Wright.
As Hon. Treasurer: Mr. E. W. Brabrook.
As Hon. Auditor: Mr. F. G. Green.
As Secretary: Mr. F. A. Milne.
Dr. Gaster moved, and Miss Grove seconded, that Rule VI. of the Rules of the Society, providing that at each Annual Meeting all the Members of the Council shall retire from office, but shall be eligible for re-election, be altered by providing that one-fifth of the Members of the Council shall retire by seniority at the end of each year, and shall not be eligible for re-election for a period of two years.
Mr. Kirby moved as an amendment, and Mr. Wheatley seconded, that the Members retiring at the end of each year should be those of the London Members who had been least regular in their attendance at the Meetings of the Council during the preceding twelve months.
A discussion ensued, in the course of which Mr. Brabrook pointed out that Dr. Caster's object might be equally well effected if the Council were to pass a standing order in the
