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A vote of thanks to the Auditors was then moved by Mr. Curties, seconded 

 by Mr. Moginie, and carried unanimously. 



The President moved a vote of thanks, on behalf of the Club, to the donors 

 of the numerous serial publications 'which had been contributed during the 

 past year, and which he regarded as of great value, not simply from a money 

 view, but because it placed these useful productions within their easy reach, 

 and because it showed an amount of sympathy with them in their work 

 which they could not fail to appreciate. The vote was unanimously carried. 

 A vote of thanks to the Scrutineers was moved by Mr. Waller, seconded 

 by Mr. Sigsworth, and carried unanimously. 



The President said that one other duty devolved upon him, and upon the 

 members. They enjoyed the great privilege of meeting in that noble hall, 

 and by the great courtesy and kindness of the Council of University College, 

 it was placed at their service free of expense for rental. It was obvious 

 that this saved them a considerable sum, but far more than this they appre- 

 ciated the liberal spirit in which this great advantage was afforded, as a mark 

 of true sympathy with their work, and with the general progress of scien- 

 tific research. He therefore called upon the meeting to show its sense of 

 the value of this privilege, by passing a hearty vote of thanks to the Council 

 of the College for past favours, and also for the permission again accorded 

 to them of holding their meetings there during the ensuing year. 

 The motion was then put to the meeting, and carried by acclamation. 

 The President said it now only remained for him to introduce to them his 

 successor, and, vacating the chair, he formally installed the newly-elected 

 President — 



Mr. Henry Lee, who, on taking the chair, was received with great applause, 

 said he could not allow that occasion to pass without saying a few words of 

 thanks to Dr. Matthews, and to the members, for the kind welcome which 

 they had given him on the occasion of taking his seat amongst them for the 

 first time as their President. He accepted the position with a profound 

 sense of the responsibility attached to it, and this caused him to ask 

 for time for consideration before he acceded to their invitation, and in 

 doing so he highly appreciated the honour which had been conferred 

 upon him. He accepted the position without any desire or intention to 

 signalize his period of office by the introduction of any startling changes or 

 innovations, but, on the contrary, with a firm and earnest desire to support 

 the intentions of the Club's original founders, and to emulate the worthy 

 example of his predecessors. He looked upon the Club as consisting of a 

 number of men brought together from sympathy with a common object, to 

 pursue that object in a spirit of social intercourse, to enjoy the society of 

 those who had similar tastes, and to carry out their object together, as com- 

 panions in social life as well as fellow -workers. Nor must they forget that 

 thev were a body of workers, and whilst it was their pride and privilege to 

 consider their Society always as a club, it was also ever to be borne in mind 

 that it was a club of workers ; therefore though it would be always his en- 

 deavour to encourage and to preserve the social spirit amongst them, he 

 should especially feel that his best energies should be brought to bear upon 



