98 Anmial Meeting, [May 1> 



ANNUAL MEETING, 



Tuesday, May 1. 



The Duke of Northumberland, K.G. F.R.S. President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Annual Report of the Committee of Visitors was read, and 

 adopted. — It states that the Contributions from Members and An- 

 nual Subscribers in 1854 were very satisfactory, as well as the 

 Receipts for attendance at the courses of Lectures. The General 

 Income exceeded the Expenditure of the year by the sum of 

 £795. 2s. 4d. ; and the Managers were enabled, in addition to the 

 annual investment of the Accumulating Funds, amounting to 

 £184. 10^. Id., to lay out £500 in the purchase of £3 per cent. 

 Consols, and to buy an Exchequer Bill for £100. 



A List of Books Presented accompanies the Report, amounting 

 in number to about 175 volumes, and making a total, with those 

 purchased by the Managers and Patrons, of nearly 900 volumes 

 (including Periodicals) added to the Library in the year. 



Thanks were voted to the President, Treasurer, and Secretary, to 

 the Committees of Managers and Visitors, and to Professor Faraday, 

 for their services to the Institution during the past year. 



The following Gentlemen were unanimously elected as Officers 

 for the ensuing year : — 



President— The Duke of Northumberland, K.G. F.R.S. 



Treasurer— William Pole, Esq. M.A. F.R.S. 



Secretary — Rev. John Barlow, M.A. F.R.S. 



Managers. 



William H. Blaauw, Esq. M.A. F.S.A. 

 Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, Bart. 



D.C.L. F.R.S. 

 John Bate Cardale, Esq. 

 Thomas Davidson, Esq. 

 George Dodd, Esq. F.S.A. 

 Sir Charles Fellows. 



Sir Henry Holland, Bart. M.D. F.R.S. 

 Henry Bence Jones, M.D. F R.S. 

 George Macilwain, Esq. 

 Right Hon. Baron Parke, M.A. 

 John Percy, M.D. F.R.S. 

 Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Pollock,G.C.B. 

 Alfred S. Taylor, M.D. F.R.S. 



Aaron Asher Goldsmid, Esq. j Charles Wheatstone, Esq. F.R.S. 



