Tlic Clicinicnl l3iig.inecring Group held its elevcntli annunl gcnernl incctmg ntid diiiticr a t the Critcrioii Rcstnurniit on JIny 9, thc retiring Chairman, A h . 11. Tnlbot, p s i d i n g . Tltc report 011 tlic work of tltc year 1923 by tlic Uonornry Secretary, Ah. W. F. Dnrkc, rcflcctcd tlic progress wliicli tlic Group continues to Iiinkc. It rccordcil : I ycnr of nscful wad< and of sliglitly iiicrcascil ~iic~iibcrsliip, wliicli ntnoiintcd at tlic ciid of 1929 to 47.1. Tlic stcady rkc in inctnlmcliip froiii 315 in 1922 foriiicd a gratifyill: tcstitiiotiinl to tlic estcclii wit,li ivhich tlic Group was gciicrnlly rcgnrdcd.
Tlic rcport csi)rcssctl the tliaiiks of tlic Group to thc iiieiiibers of tlic Coiiiinit.tcc, wlio lind givcii so generously of tlicir titiic nnd ciicrgy to the ntltttinist~rntion of its :iffairs, n t i d gave n list of the pnpcrs prcscntcd a t its iiicct.itigs, sotiic of \vliicli were licld jointly with various locnl Scctions of tlic Socicty, Tlic pnpcrs throughout tlic ycnr Itad~renclicd n pnrticulnrly Iiigli stcliidard of ititcrcst and uscfulncss, nnd tlio variety of t.lic visits inndc in conncsion witli tlic provincinl niectitigs also dcscrvctl iiicntioti :is nit oiitstniiding fciit urc. Thc locol Scctioiw of thc Society ivlticli wcrc visitcd by tlic Group during tlie ycnr included Biniiinghntti, Nottitiglintn, and U&tol ; n i i d tlic Cotiitiiit,tcc rccordctl its nlq)reciiitioii of t.lic Iiospit:rlit.y estcntlcd to tlic inciliLcrs of tlic Group by tlic iiiciiibcrs of the locnl Sections.
Tlic Secrctarp also took thc opportutiity to sccoiid tlic siticcrc tliaiiks of tlie Group Cotiitiiittce t o tlic Council of t.hc Socicty for its continued intcrcst, in niid encoimgeiiieiit of the Group. On l~chrilf of tlic Coititiiittcc hc again rccortlcd its upprccitition of tlic scrviccs of tlic Asistiitit Secretary, Jlr. JIacl&, iititl his staff, i d tliunkcil tlie ttictiibers of the Group gciicrnlly for thcir coiitinitcd SllpIJOCt. 'l'l~e tlicct,ings in Loiidoii hnd Lccii ~vcll ;it.tciidcd, ntitl a t tlic iiieetiiigs lield in tlic provinccs tlic rcprcscntnt~ion ol tlic Ciroup I1nd Lccn wcll tiiiiintniiicd. Tlic Coititiiittcc \vns tlius iiiuclt cticourngcd to prcss forward with tlic gciicrnl progriliiitnc of worl; for whicli it, was iiistitutcd.