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those wanted in excess, the sale of which realised =5 7s. Qd., 

 a,nd this was given as a donation to University College Hospital. 

 The next four Presidents, Dr. Lionel S. Beale, Dr. Robert 

 Braithwaite, Dr. John Matthews and Mr. Henry Lee, each held 

 the office for two years. At the Annual Meeting in 1873 

 Mr. White retired and was succeeded by Mr. J. E. Ingpen, with 

 Mr. E. Marks as Assistant Secretary. Mr. Robert Hardwicke, 

 the first Treasurer of the Club, died in 1875, and was succeeded 

 in the office by Mr. F. W. Gay. In 1878 Prof. T. H. Huxley 

 was elected President, being followed by Dr. Spencer Cobbold in 

 1879, Mr. T. C. White in 1880 and 1881, Dr. M. C. Cooke in 

 1882 and 1883, Dr. W. B. Carpenter in 1884, Mr. A. D. Michael 

 in 1885, 1886 and 1887, and Mr. B. T. Lowne in 1888-9. The 

 <3ate of the Annual Meeting was altered to the last Friday in 

 February in 1888. 



The last meeting in the Library of University College was 

 held on February 22nd, 1889, but the Council of the College 

 generously placed their Mathematical Theatre at the disposal 

 of the Club. This room, however, was found unsuited to their 

 purpose, and arrangements were made for removal to 20, Hanover 

 Square. This necessitated a change of the meeting nights to 

 first and third Fridays, and no Ordinary Meetings were after- 

 wards held in July and August. The history of the Club during 

 the last twenty-four years need not be recorded here, as all 

 particulars are to be found in the reports, and are doubtless 

 well known to the majority of the members. Briefly, however, 

 since its commencement in 1855, it has had twenty-three Presi- 

 dents, seven Secretaries, and has published sixteen volumes of its 

 Journal. 



Of the original members but few are now left, and of those 

 who joined in the first year only two now are seen at the 

 meetings. Mr. W. Gibson, whose suggestion led to the Club's 

 formation, does not appear to have contributed to the pro- 

 ceedings, though he continued to be a member for eighteen 



