The result of the ballot was then announced by the Chairman, and the following ladies and gentlemen who had been nominated by the Council were declared to have been duly elected, viz.:
As President: Professor York Powell, M.A., LL.D.
As Vice-Presidents: The Hon. John Abercromby, The Right Hon. Lord Avebury, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., E. W. Brabrook, Esq., C.B., F.S.A., Miss C. S. Burne, Edward Clodd, Esq., G. Laurence Gomme, Esq., F.S.A., A. C. Haddon, Esq., M.A., D.Sc, M.R.LA., F.Z.A., E. S. Hartland, Esq., F.S.A., Andrew Lang, Esq., M.A., LL.D., Alfred Nutt, Esq., Professor J. Rhys, M.A, LL.D., F.S.A., The Rev. Professor A. H. Sayce, M.A., LL.D., D.D., Professor E. B. Tylor, LL.D., F.R.S.
As Council: Miss Lucy Broadwood, W. Crooke, Esq., B.A., E. K. Chambers, Esq., M. Longuorth Dames, Esq., F. T. Elworthy, Esq., Miss Eyre, J. G. Frazer, Esq., LL.D., &c., Miss M. Ffennell, Miss Goodrich Freer, Dr. Gaster, Miss Eleanor Hull, Professor W. P. Ker, M.A., E. Lovett, Esq., S. E. Bouverie Pusey, Esq., F.R.G.S., T. Fairman Ordish, Esq., F.S.A., W. H. D. Rouse, Esq., LL.D., Walter W. Skeat, Esq., C. J. Tabor, Esq., H. B. Wheatley, Esq., F.S.A., A. R. Wright, Esq.
As Hon. Treasurer: Edward Clodd, Esq.
As Hon. Auditors: F. G. Green, Esq., N.W. Thomas, Esq.
As Secretary: F. A. Milne, Esq., M.A.
The Chairman then delivered his Presidential Address, on "Tradition and its Conditions" [which will be found in extenso pp. 12-23], at the conclusion of which a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to him on the motion of Mr. Brabrook, seconded by Mr. Nutt.
On the motion of Dr. Gaster, seconded by Mr. Nutt, a vote of thanks was also accorded to Messrs. E. im Thurn, R. R. Marett, J. L. Myers, and C. G. Seligmann, the outgoing Members of Council.
