1896. 



Auuual Meeting. 



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ANNUAL MEETING, 

 Friday, May 1, 1896. 



Sir James Crichton-Browne, M.D. LL.D. F.E.S. Treasurer and 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Annual Report of the Committee of Visitors for the year 

 1895, testifying to the continued prosperity and efficient management 

 of the Institution, was read and adopted. 



Seventy-two new Members were elected in 1895. 



Sixty-three Lectures and Nineteen Evening Discourses were 

 delivered in 1895. 



The Books and Pamphlets presented in 1895 amounted to about 

 280 volumes, making, with 594 volumes (including Periodicals bound) 

 purchased by the Managers, a total of 854 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, K.G. D.C.L. LL.D. 

 Treasurer — Sir James Crichton-Browne, M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. 

 Secretary — Sir Frederick Bramwell, Bart. D.C.L. F.R.S. 

 M. Inst. C.E. 



Managers. 



Sir Frederick Abel, Bart. K.C.B. D.C.L. LL.D. 



F.R.S. 

 Sir Benjamin Baker, K.C.M.G. LL.D. F.R.S. 

 John Wolfe Barry, Esq. C.B. F.R.S. M. Inst. C.E. 

 The Right Hon. Lord Halsbury, M.A. D.C.L. 



F.R.S. 

 Charles Hawksley, Esq. M. Inst. C.E. 

 John Hopkinson, Esq. M.A. D.Sc. F.R.S. 

 Victor Horslev, Esq. M.B. F.R.S. F.R.C.S. 

 William Huggins, Esq. D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. 

 The Right Hon. Lord Kelvin, D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. 

 Alfred B. Kempe, Esq. M.A. F.R.S. 

 George Matthey, Esq. F.R.S. 

 Ludwig Moud, Esq. Ph.D. F.R.S. 

 Sir Andrew Noble, K.C.B. F.R.S. M. Inst. C.E. 

 The Right Hon. Earl Percy, F.S.A, 

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



Visitors. 



Gerrard Ansdell, Esq. F.C.S. 



Sir James Blyth, Bart. 



Arthur Carpmael, Esq. 



Sir William James Farrer, M.A. F.S.A. 



Carl Haag, Esq. R.W.S. 



Sir Francis Laking, M.D. 



Hugh Leonard, Esq. M. Inst. C.E. 



James Mansergh, Esq. M. Inst. C.E. 



Lachlan Mackintosh Rate, Esq. M.A. 



Felix Semon, M.D. F.R.C.P. 



Henry Virtue Tebbs, Esq. 



John Isaac Thornycroft, Esq. F.R.S. M. Inst. C.E, 



Thomas Tyrer, Esq. F.C.S. F.I.C. 



John Westlake, Esq. Q.C. LL.D, 



James Wimshurst, Esq, 



