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premiums are awarded; and if ihey may deem alteration expedient, 

 then to report such modifications in the regulations as will invite re- 

 gular claims for such premiums. 



Special Meeting, February 27. 



Present, twenty-four members. 



Dr. DuNGLisoN, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The presiding officer stated that he had ordered a special 

 meeting to be called, under the conviction that the Society- 

 would be desirous to pay their tribute of respect to the me- 

 mory of a distinguished member, Dr. E. K. Kane, whose ser- 

 vices to science and humanity are appreciated by the whole 

 civilized world; whose life had been one of adventurous 

 daring and of genuine philanthropy; and whose enlightened 

 efforts had greatly enlarged the boundaries of geographical and 

 general knowledge. 



Whereupon, the following resolutions were offered by Dr. 

 William Harris, and unanimously adopted: — 



Resolved^ That this Society has heard, with deep regret, of the death 

 of its late distinguished member Dr. Eiisha Kent Kane, who fell a vic- 

 tim to his zeal in the cause of humanity and of science, from the effects 

 of exposure and sufferings endured during his last expedition to the 

 Arctic regions, in search of Sir John Franklin and his party. 



Resolved., That in the death of Dr. Kane, this Society has lost one 

 of its brightest ornaments; science a distinguished contributor; hu- 

 manity a devoted friend ; and the world an intrepid navigator and 

 learned geographer. 



Resolved., 'J'hat in respect to the memory of the deceased, the So- 

 ciety will, as a body, attend the funeral of our late associate. 



Resolved, That a portrait of Dr. Kane be placed in the Hall of the 

 Society, as a continuing memorial of him, which may silently teach 

 us, and those who are to come after us, how to pursue and to adorn 

 science with persevering energy, truth, modesty and excellence. 



Resolved, That a member be appointed to prepare a notice of the 



