Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2016
The 909th Lecture to be given before the Society and the 16th Main Lecture at a Branch, was held under the auspices of the Chester Branch of the Society on 8th April 1954. Mr. K. G. Hancock, Chairman of the Chester Branch, expressed the pleasure of the Branch at having a Main Meeting of the Society at Chester and welcomed the visitors, particularly the officers of the Main Society. He then asked the President, Sir William Farren, to preside for the rest of the Meeting.