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Mr. Wliite seconded the motion, which was put and carried nem. dis. 



Mr. T. dirties proposed a vote of thanks to the Committee and Officers of the 

 Club for their management of its affairs during the past year, and the proposal 

 having been seconded and put to the meeting, was unanimously carried. 



Mr. J. E, Ingpen said it might be supposed that the last vote of thanks had 

 included the one which he was about to propose ; he thought, however, that he 

 should be quite expressing the general feeling of the members in proposing a 

 special vote of thanks to their retiring honorary secretary. As they had done 

 him the honour to elect him as Mr. White's successor, he was perhaps in a better 

 position than most of them to make this proposal. He was sure from what he 

 could already see that Mr. White had held no sinecure (and for his own part he 

 felt very glad to find that some assistance was in future to be given). Tlie work 

 to be done was very considerable, and it did not all lie upon the surface; in 

 addition to other duties a great deal was often required in matters of tact and 

 conciliation, which generally contributed towards making the machinery of the 

 Club run smoother, as well as preventing collisious which might now and then 

 occur with detrimental effect. They had also seen a great deal of Mr. White 

 in other ways ; they had ever the benefit of his scientific experience, ever his 

 ready help, and ever his geniality and kindness. He (Mr. Ingpen) was very 

 glad to find that Mr. White had been elected as a member of their Committee, 

 so that they should still have the benefit of his counsel, and in one respect he 

 thought that the Club would be a gainer, because they now had the promise t>f 

 some papers from him upon Animal Histology, which would be very interesting 

 as supplementing those which were now in course of being read by Dr. Braith- 

 waite. He had great pleasure in proposing that a cordial vote of thanks be 

 presented to Mr. T. C. White for his great exertions for the welfare of the Club 

 during the four years he had acted as their Honorary Secretary. 



Mr. W. H. Golding having seconded the motion, it was put to the meeting by 

 the President, and carried unanimously amidst great applause. 



The President, addressing Mr. T. C. White, said he had a further and still 

 more pleasant duty to perform, that of presenting him with a testimonial from 

 a number of the members of the Club upon the occasion of his retirement from 

 the office of hon. secretary. The testimonial was in the form of a diamond ring 

 (which he believed had been the form chosen by Mr. White himself), and he had 

 great pleasure in presenting it on behalf of the members as a token of their 

 sense of the value of his services as their hon. secretary. 



Mr. T. C. White (who rose amidst great cheering) said that he felt most 

 gratified by the kindness and cordiality of the way in which the members present 

 had accorded their thanks to him on that occasion ; indeed, he could hardly say 

 that it had taken him by surprise, because he had received from them at all 

 times so very much kindness and so many undoubted expressions of their good- 

 will. He regretted very much that it had become a necessity for him to give up 

 his position as their secretary, but the great increase of his professional engage- 

 ments, which frequently occupied him fi'om nine o'clock in the morning until 

 six o'clock in the evening without any intermission, added to his other work, 

 had begun to tell seriously upon his health, and for months past had resulted in 

 almost constant headache, so that he felt compelled to give up his position in 

 order to obtain some really needful rest. The regret with which he left that 

 chair was, however, softened by a knowledge of the ability of the gentleman 

 who was to be his successor, and by the assurance that he was in every way as 

 fond of the club. He thanked them very much indeed for their handsome 



