THE Annual General Meeting was held at the Mansion House, in the morning of March 4th, 1924, for the purpose of dealing with statutory business, S r Godfrey Baring, Bt., Chairman of the Committee, presiding.

The CHAIRMAN : The first business is the presentation of the Annual Report. Every lady and gentleman is in possession of a copy, and in the usual way the Report will be circu- lated to all our Governors in every part of the country, with a statement of the accounts.

I should like to ask any lady and gentleman if they have anything to say with regard to the Report and accounts.

(The Report was accepted.) Then we will proceed to the election of the President, Vice-President, Committee of Management, and Auditors for the ensuing year, and I will call on the Deputy Secretary to read the names of those who have been selected.

(The Deputy Secretary read the list of nomina- tions.) President.

H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G.

Vice-Presidents.

His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, G.C.V.O.

His Grace the Duke of Leeds.

His Grace the Duke of Atholl, K.T., P.O., G.C.V.O., C.B., D.S.O.

His Grace the Duke of Portland, K.G., P.C., G.C.V.O.

His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, C.B.E., M.V.O.

The Most Hon. the Marquis of Ailsa.

The Most Hon. the Marquis of Aberdeen and Temair, K.T., P.O., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O.

The Most Hon. the Marquis of Graham, C.B., C.V.O.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, K.G., P.C., G.C.V.O., C.B.

The Earl of Albemarle, K.C.V.O., C.B., A.D.C.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Rosebery, K.G., K.T., P.C.

The Right Hon. the Earl Waldegrave, P.C.

The Earl of Lonsdale.

Admiral of the Fleet the Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa, O.M., G.C.B., G.C.V.O.

The Viscount Burnham, C.H., T.D.

The Right Hon. the Lord Strathclyde, P.C., G.B.E.

Commodore Sir Richard Henry Williams- Bulkeley, Bt., K.C.B., R.N.R.

Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt.

Harry Hargood, Esq., O.B.E.

Noel E. Peck, Esq.

Treasurer.

The Earl of Harrowby.

Committee of Management.

The President.

The Vice-Presidents.

The Treasurer.

Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., Chairman.

The Hon. George Colville, Deputy-Chairman.

Frederick Cavendish Bentinck, Esq.

The Lord Brownlow.

Major Sir Maurice Cameron, K.C.M.G.

Ciptain Charles J. P. Cave.

Colonel Lord William Cecil, C.V.O.

Kenneth M. Clark, Esq.

Harold D. Clayton, Esq.

Sir William Corry, Bt.

J. J. Crosfield, Esq.

Sir John G. Gumming, K.C.I.E., C.S.I.

Captain the Viscount Curzon, R.N.V.R., M.P.

Captain S. M. Day, C.B., D.S.O., A.D.C., R.N.R.

Henry R. Fargus, Esq.

John Bevill Fortescue, Esq.

Thomas B, Gabriel, Esq.

R. H. Gillespie, Esq.

B. A. Glanviil, Esq.

Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir George G. Goodwin, K.C.B.

V;ce-Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., K.C.I.B., C.B.

The Earl of Hardwicke.

Captain G. C. Hoiloway, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.

Admiral Sir Thos. H. M. Jerram, G.C.M.G., K.C.B.

Sir Wopdbum Kirby.

Brigadier-General Noel M. Lake, C.B.

John F. Lamb, Esq.

Herbert F. Laacashire, Esq.

Colonel Sir A. Henry McMahon, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.C.I.E., C.S.I.

The Right Hon. Ian Macpherson, K.C., M.P.

Commander Sir Harry Mainwaring, Bt., R.N.V.R.

General Sir Charles Monro, Bt., G.C.B., G.C.M.G.. G.C.S.I., A.D.C. General.

Captain George B. Preston.

The Right Hon. F. 0. Roberts, M.P.

Engineer Rear-Admiral Charles Rudd.

The Right Hon. Walter Runciman.

Major-Genera] the Right Hon. John E. Bernard Seely, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., M.P.

Commander F. F. Tower, O.B.E., late R.N.V.R.

The Lord Tredegar, O.B.E.

The Lord Mayor of London.

The Admiral Commanding Reserves (Vice- Admiral Sir H. H. D. Tothill, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.).

The Deputy Master of the Trinity House (Captain Sir Herbert Acton Blake, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.).

The Hydrographer of the Admiralty (Rear- Admiral Frederick C. Learmonth, C.B., C.B.E.).

The Chairman of Lloyd's.

Au&itora.

Messrs. Price, Waterhouse & Co.

The CHAIRMAN : No other names having been communicated, under the provisions of bye-law 9, section 3, I declare these various gentlemen to have been elected to those offices.

That concludes the proceedings..