XXX PE0CEEDING3 OF TUB 



her respect botli for liis Memory aud for the Institution of which 

 he was the Founder, and which, we are happy to say, still conti- 

 nues to prosper under the guidance of his successors. 



That Tour Ladyship may long continue to enjoy all the bless- 

 ings of which life is capable at your , advanced age is our most 

 fervent wish. 



Signed, on behalf of the Meeting, 



G-EOEGE Bektham, President. 

 To Pleasance, Lady Smith. 



The Secretary reported that the following Members had died 

 since the last Anniversary, viz. : — 



Fellows. 



John Forster, Esq. 

 Thomas C. Jerdon, Esq. 

 Eobert Mac Andrew, Esq. 



Joshua SutclifFe, Esq. 

 Friedrich "Welwitsch, M.D. 

 Eobert Wight, M.D. 



Foreign Member. 

 John Torrey, M.D. 



The Secretary also announced that twenty-three Fellows and 

 one Foreign Member had been elected since the last Anniversary. 



At the election which subsequently took place, George Bentham, 

 Esq., was elected President ; Daniel Hanbury, Esq., Treasurer ; 

 and Frederick Currey, Esq., and H. T. Stainton, Esq., Secretaries. 

 The following five Fellows were elected into the Council, in the 

 room of others going out : — viz., Gr. J. Allman, M.D., Daniel Han- 

 bury, Esq., St.-G-eorge J. Mivart, Esq., F. P. Pascoe, Esq., and 

 Henry Trimen, M.B. 



Mr. Alfred "White, on the part of the Committee appointed to 

 audit the Treasurer's Accounts, read the Balance-sheet, by which 

 it appeared that the total Receipts during the past year, inclu- 

 ding a Balance of 36197 8s. 4id. carried from the preceding year, 

 amounted to ^1866 4s. 4i. ; and that the total Expenditure, in- 

 cluding the purchase of ^180 Great Indian Peninsula Eailway 

 Stock, amounted to 361469 Qs. 2d. ; leaving a Balance in the 

 hands of the Bankers of ^396 16s. Id. 



