PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 3(>7 



mittcc, and to Messrs. Parker, Bennett, and Bell for their important 

 sliare in its production." 



Dr. Sorby said he had great pleasure in seconding the proposition, 

 and in congratulating the Society on its very satisfactory position. 



The President, having put the resolution to the Meeting, declared 

 it to be unanimously carried. 



The List of gentlemen proposed as Officers and Council for the 

 ensuing year was read by Mr. Crisp as follows : — 



President — Lionel S. Beale, Esq., M.B., F.R.S. 



Vice-Presidents — Robert Braithwaite, Esq., M.D. ; * W. B. Car- 

 penter, Esq., C.B., F.R.S., M.D. ; * Prof. P. Martin Duncan, M.B. 

 (Lond.), F.R.S. ; Henry J. Slack, Esq., F.G.S. 



Treasurer — John Ware Stephenson, Esq., F.R.A.S. 



Secretaries — Charles Stewart, Esq., M.R.C.S. ; Frank Crisp, Esq., 

 LL.B., B.A. 



Twelve other Members of Council — John Badcock, Esq. ; AVilliam 

 A. Bevington, Esq. ; * Arthur E. Durham, Esq., F.R.C.S. ; Charles 

 James Fox, Esq. ; James Glaisher, Esq., F.R.S., F.R.A.S. ; A. de 

 Souza Guimaraens, Esq. ; William J. Gray, Esq., M.D. ; John 

 Matthews, Esq., M.D. ; * Albert D. Michael, Esq., F.L.S. ; John 

 Millar, Esq., L.R.C.P.E. ; * Frederic H. Ward, Esq., M.R.C.S. ; 

 *T. Charters White, Esq., M.R.C.S. 



The President having requested Mr. Hardingham and Dr. Ord to 

 act as Scrutineers the ballot was proceeded with; and upon the 

 Scrutineers presenting their report, the President declared all the 

 above gentlemen to be duly elected. 



Mr. J. W. Stephenson, the Treasurer, then read his Annual State- 

 ment as to the Society's property, receipts, and expenditure (sec p. 371). 



On the motion of Dr. Millar, it was resolved that the Treasurer's 

 Statement be received and adopted, and that the thanks of the Society 

 be given to Mr. Stephenson for his services as Treasurer. Dr. Millar 

 said that the fact that there were only six Fellows of the Society 

 whose subscriptions were in arrear showed how efficiently the duties 

 had been performed. 



Mr. P>adcock pointed out that in addition to the investments in 

 consols and mortgages mentioned in the Treasurer's rejjort, tlicre was 

 other property belonging to the Society which he regarded as quite 

 as important — viz. their property in books, journals, and scientific 

 instruments, which were of no little value. Indeed, he considered 

 that the money that had been so expended was equally an " invest- 

 ment," and not an ordinary expenditure. Whilst congratulating the 

 Society on the very prosperous state in which the report showed 

 them to be, he was prcsjiared to go further than Mr. Crisp, and thought 

 they were not only justified in spending a larger proportion of their 

 annual income, but a portion of tlieir capital also in books and instru- 

 ments, and that there was no necessity for keeping several thousands 



• Ilavn not held iluriug the preceding year the oflicc lor which they were 

 noiniimted. 



