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minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the Secretary read a letter from the President (Dr. Haddon) regretting his inability to be present at the meeting.

Mr. Lovett gave an address on “The Folk-Lore of the North Sea Fisherman in Peace and War”; and in the discussion which followed the Chairman, Miss Raleigh, Miss Canziani, His Honour J. S. Udal, Col. Hanna, Mrs, Banks, Mr. Moreton and Mr. G. R. Carline took part.

Mr. Lovett exhibited and presented to the Society two Pole corks of a drift net with a coin let in to bring good luck in fishing.

The meeting terminated with a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Lovett for his address and for his gift to the Society. Rh