WELSHPOOL. Powysland club. Collections historical and archæological relating to Montgomeryshire, vol. 31, pt. ii 8°. 1900 AIREY (Sir G. B.) Essays on the invasion of Britain by Julius Cæsar, etc. 4°. 1865 GORDON (R.) On the theory of the flow of water in open channels fo. Rangoon, 1875 HENRY (J.) Aeneidea, vol. 1, pp. 197–64; 82. 8°. Dublin, 1877–79 INMAN (T.) On the origin of certain Christian and NEWLANDS (J.) List of streets within the borough QUARITCH (B.) A general catalogue of books . 8°. 1880 ROSCOE (Sir H. E.) Bunsen (pph.) 8°. [1900] Amount returned by Messrs. D. Marples & Co. (paid in Dinner Account) 990 Printer, for Vol. 1899-1900. 53 6 0 Mr. A. W. Newton, late Hon. Sec., Expenses Refreshments... 116 Mr. A. W. Newton, Hon. Librarian, Expenses 1 6 6 xxix PROCEEDINGS OF THE LIVERPOOL LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. NINETIETH SESSION, 1900-1901. ROYAL INSTITUTION, LIVERPOOL. ANNUAL MEETING. The Annual Meeting of the Society was held at the Royal Institution, on 1st October, 1900. Mr. J. Maxwell McMaster, Vice-President, in the chair. The following Report of the retiring Council was read and adopted REPORT. The Council has pleasure in presenting its Report for the Eighty-ninth Session of the Society. Thirteen ordinary meetings were held during the Session, and papers of great interest were read before the Society, the discussions upon them being well sustained. The attendance at these meetings was above the average; this was largely due to the numerous company which assembled to hear Prof. Lodge's paper on "Modern Views of Matter on 5th March. At the commencement of the Session a Conversazione was held, which was attended by many members and friends; the Council much appreciates the efforts of those who contributed to make it a success. The Annual Dinner was held on 13th December, the Society entertaining as guests Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Sir Robert Ball, and others; eighty members and guests were present, and the Council has resolved to make the dinner an annual institution, subject to the approval of the Society. Several well-known members have been removed from the roll by death during the Session, viz., Mr. W. H. Picton, the Rev. Dr. Martineau, Dr. Adolphus Ernst, and Sir J. W. Dawson, Principal of McGill University; the last three of whom were honorary members. Of these the Rev. Dr. Martineau has been a special ornament to the Society from the notable services he rendered to it during his early life in Liverpool, and from the honour which his name has conferred upon it during his continued association with it until his death. Mr. W. H. Picton had proved himself an earnest working successor to his father, who had occupied so prominent a position in our Society for forty years, and the Society at large, as well as the Council, deeply regrets the premature termination of what promised to be so valuable a life amongst us. The Prize offered for competition among the students of University College for an English Essay was awarded to Miss Margaret Dickin; her essay on Samuel Butler and his Hudibras" was read before the Society on 8th January, and is printed in the volume of Proceedings. 66 The Council again reminds the members that it is only by a continual influx of new members that the usefulness and efficiency of the Society can be maintained; a further decrease in the number of ordinary members would necessitate a curtailment of the annual volume of Proceedings, a step which the Council would be loath to have to take. To the great regret of the Council, the Rev. E. N. Hoare, who was re-elected President at the end of the last |