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Annual Meeting, April 30tb, 1861. 



Dr. J. P. Joule, President, in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Society : — As Honorary Member: Richard Roberts, M.Inst. 

 C.E. As Ordinary Members : William Henry Heys, Murray 

 Gladstone, F.R.A.S., George Venables Vernon, F.R.A.S., 

 and James Parlane. 



The following Report of the Council was then read by one 

 of the Secretaries : — 



Since the last Annual Meeting the number of members has 

 somewhat increased. The Society contained at that time 

 two hundred ordinary members. Of these, five have died 

 and four have resigned, whilst twenty-three new members 

 have been elected; so that the number at present amounts to 

 two hundred and fourteen. Of the deceased members, the 

 most generally known were Mr. Isaac W. Long and Mr. 

 Joseph Adshead. Mr. Long was a distinguished member of 

 the Physical Section, and rendered valuable assistance in the 

 establishment of that important branch of our Society. He 

 was specially interested in the science of Astronomy, being a 

 Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of London. A 

 short account of his life appeared in the monthly notices of 

 that Society. Mr. Adshead's attention was chiefly directed 

 to subjects connected with Social Science, and his writings 

 were much esteemed. None of his productions were, how- 

 ever, published in the Memoirs of the Society. Three 

 honorary members and four corresponding members have 

 been elected. 



Proceedings— Lit. & Phil, Society— No. 14. — Sessiox, 1860-61. 



