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shall be Honorary President of the said Corporation during the term of his 

 natural life. And that Robert MacLachlan, F.ll.S., shall be the first 

 President of the said Corporation and shall continue such until the Annual 

 Meeting to be held in the month of January next. 



And our Will and Pleasure is, And we do hereby declare, that there 

 shall always be a Council to direct and manage the concerns of the said 

 Corporation. And that the thirteen persons, who were elected to form the 

 Council of the said Society at the Annual Meeting held in the month of 

 January last, shall form the first Council of the said Corporation, and shall 

 continue in Ofl&ce until the Annual Meeting to be held in the month of 

 January next. 



And our Will and Pleasure is. And we further grant and declare, that 

 the existing Bye-Laws of the said Society, as revised and amended at a 

 General Meeting held on the 2nd day of May, 1883, shall be the Bye-Laws 

 of the said Corporation, until the same shall be revoked or altered as 

 hereinafter mentioned. And that it shall be lawful at General Meetings of 

 tlie said Corporation to revoke or alter any former Bye-Laws, and to make 

 such new Bye-Laws as shall be deemed useful and necessary for the 

 regulation of the said Body Corporate. 



Provided always : And we lastly declare it to be Our Royal Will and 

 Pleasure, That no Bye-Law or Resolution shall, on any account or pretence 

 whatsoever, be made by the said Corporation in opposition to the general 

 scope, true intent, and meaning of this Our Charter or the Laws and 

 Statutes of this Realm, and that if any such Bye-Law or Resolution shall 

 be made, the same shall be absolutely null and void. 



In Witness whereof We have caused these our Letters to be made 

 Patent. 



Witness Ourself at Westminster the twentieth 

 day of July, in the Forty-ninth year of Our 

 Reign. 



By Warrant under the Queen's Sign Manual. 



The Yice-President congratulated the Fellows, as he might 

 now call them, on the position which the Society had attained, 

 and on the privileges which had been granted. He invited 

 remarks. 



Mr. Dunning said there was one thing in connection with the 

 Charter of which he could not allow the Society to remain in 

 ignorance. When, in 1883, it was decided to take action in the 

 matter, he had invoked the assistance of our member, Mr. Frank 

 Crisp, and left the conduct of the affair entirely in his hands. 

 He thought the result which had been announced was a sufficient 



