84 



Annual Meeting. 



[May 1, 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



Thursday, May 1, 1884. 



George Busk, Esq. F.R.S. Treasurer and Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Annual Report of the Committee of Visitors for the year 

 1883, testifying to the continued prosperity and efficient management 

 of the Institution, was read and adopted. The Real and Funded 

 Property now amounts to above 85,400Z., entirely derived from the 

 Contributions and Donations of the Members. 



Thirty-seven new Members paid their Admission Fees in 1883. 



Sixty-three Lectures and Nineteen Evening Discourses were 

 delivered in 1883. 



The Books and Pamphlets presented in 1883 amounted to about 

 236 volumes, making, with 558 volumes (including Periodicals bound) 

 purchased by the Managers, a total of 794 volumes added to the 

 Library in the year. 



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

 Secretary, to the Committees of Managers and Visitors, and to the 

 Professors, for their valuable 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, D.C.L. LL.D. 



Treasitrer — George Busk, Esq. F.R.S. 



Secretary — Sir William Bowman, Bart. LL.D. F.R.S. 



Managers. 



George Berkley, Esq. M.I C.E. 



Sir Frederick J. Bramwell, F.R.S. 



Joseph Brown, Esq. Q.C. 



Warren De La Rue, Esq. M.A. D.C.L. F.R.S. 



Captain Douglas Galton, C.B. D.C.L. F.R.S. 



Colonel James Augustus Grant,C.B.C.S.L F.R.S. 



The Hon. Sir Wm. Robt. Grove, M.A. D.C.I. 



LL.D. F.R.S. 

 Right Hon. The Lord Claud Hamilton, J.P. 

 Sir John Hawkshaw, F.R.S. F.G.S. 

 Sir John Lubbock, Bart. M.P. D.C.L. LL.D. 



F.R.S. 

 Hugo W. Miiller, Esq. Ph.D. F.R.S. 

 Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart. M.A. 

 John Rae, M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. 

 The Earl of Rosse, D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. 

 The Hon. Rollo Russell, M.A. F.M.S. 



Visitors. 



John Birkett, Esq. F.L.S. F.R.C.S. 



Charles James Busk, Esq. 



Stephen Busk, Esq. 



George Frederick Chambers, Esq. F.R.A.S. 



William Crookes, Esq. F.R.S. 



Rear-Admiral Herbert P. De Kantzow, 



R.N. 

 William Henry DomA'ille, Esq. 

 Alexander John Ellis, Esq. B.A. F.S.A. 



F.R.S. 

 Rev. John Macnaught, M.A. 

 Robt. Jas. Mann, M.D. F.R.C.S. F.R.A.S. 

 Sir Thomas Pycroft, M.A. K.C.S.L 

 Lachlan Mackintosh Rate, Esq. M.A, 

 John Bell Sedgwick, Esq. F.R.G.S. 

 Basil Woodd Smith, Esq. F.R.A.S. 

 Charles Meymott Tidy, Esq. M.B F.C.S. 



