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 Minutes of Meetings.

THE THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19th, 1910. The President (Miss C. S. Burne) 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 1909 were duly presented, and upon the motion of Dr. Gaster, seconded by Mr. H. B. Wheatley, 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, Mr. A. A. Gomme and the Acting Secretary were nominated by the President as scrutineers for the Ballot.

The President then delivered her Presidential Address on " The Value of European Folklore in the History of Culture" (pp. 13-36), and at its conclusion a very hearty vote of thanks to her was moved by Mr. Crooke, seconded by Mr. Clodd, and carried with acclamation.

At the request of the President the Acting Secretary then 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.C.L., 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. ; M. Gaster, Ph.D. ; G. Laurence