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and the Meeting will no doubt gladly accept the proposal of 

 the Council to elect him a Vice-President of the Society for the 

 ensuing year. The Council are glad to announce as a suc- 

 cessor to Mr. Meynell in the office of Treasurer, Wm. Gray, Esq., 

 a gentleman whose former labours in behalf of the Society as 

 Secretary, will still be in the recollection of the Meeting. 



In looking round for a successor to Mr. Meynell as one of 

 the Secretaries, the Council congratulate the Meeting in being 

 able to name Professor Phillips, a gentleman distinguished no 

 less for his scientific attainments, than for his constant co- 

 operation and warm interest in the welfare of the Society on all 

 occasions from its earliest days, who has kindly consented to 

 return to an office, which he formerly filled, and to act as joint 

 Secretary with Mr. Travis. 



Such is a brief review of the proceedings of the Society 

 during the year that is past, and the Council trust that the 

 hopes and promises of former years have been in a considerable 

 degree realized. The arrangements in every department of the 

 Museum have undergone the most careful scrutiny and ex- 

 amination, and wherever an improvement has been practicable 

 steps have been taken for carrying it out. The collections in 

 the Museum have been enlarged and enriched, the sources of 

 attraction to strangers, and of enjoyment to the Members and 

 their families which the Gardens ofiered, have been increased, 

 and the Society may be regarded as having advanced to a point 

 from which its friends may look back with satisfaction on the 

 progress it has made, and forward with confidence, to a career 

 of increased and increasing usefulness. 



