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at the next meeting, February 25th, 1882, which was made special for
that purpose.—Ed.]
The President then delivered his Annual Address, which, after a short
review of the Club's history during the past year [Trans. ii. 192], con-
sisted of the first portion of an essay on "The Phenomena of Cyclical
Propagation in the Animal Kingdom." The lecture was illustrated by a
series of large diagrams prepared for the occasion by Mr. Henry A. Cole.
The conclusion of the paper will be read at a subsequent meeting.
Professor Boulger said that he had much pleasure in proposing a
cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Meldola for his very able address, and he
was sure all would look forward to the second part with great interest.
But the facts brought forward were in themselves so wonderful and
instructive that, even without the theoretical links which the author
promised to supply, they furnished abundant material for thought. He
might say that the phenomena commonly known as the "alternation of
generations," but which had been so well re-named" cyclical propaga-
tion," were by no means confined to. animals, and at a subsequent period
he might venture to place before the Club some observations upon the
existence of similar- phases of polymorphic development amongst plants.
The Rev. W. Linton Wilson warmly seconded the vote of thanks, and
Mr. F. C. Gould suggested that with it should be incorporated a grateful
recognition of the value of their President's services during his years
of office, and a like compliment to the Honorary Secretary for his work
during the past session.
On the motion of Mr. Godwin a vote of thanks was also passed to
Mr. Alfred Lockyer, the Honorary Librarian, for the capital manner in
which he had gathered together a very fair nucleus of a library, and the
great care shown in the arrangement and cataloguing of the books.
The votes having been unanimously agreed to, the President, Secretary
and Librarian briefly returned thanks, the former also acknowledging the
compliment paid to him by his being elected for the third time to fill the
Presidential chair.
A hearty vote of thanks was also tendered to Mr. H. A. Cole and Miss
Cole for the use of. the rooms for the Library and Museum, and for the
Meetings of the Club, on the motion of the President, seconded by Mr.
Varley. The thanks of the Club were also given to the Auditors,
Messrs. Robarts and Letchford, to which the latter gentleman responded.
In bringing the meeting to a close, the President said it was his
privilege to nominate the Vice-Presidents for his year of office. He
named Mr. E. A. Fitch, F.L.S., Mr. N. F. Robarts, F.G.S., Rev. W.
Linton Wilson, M.A., and (by permission) the Right Hon. Lord
Rayleigh, F.R.S. He also called attention to the subscription list for
the "Forest Camps Exploration Fund, 1882," and hoped that the
Society would be put into possession of funds sufficient to carry on the
work with credit to itself and benefit to Archeological Science.