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MEETING, June 1, 18 72. 

 The Peesident in the Chair. 



All extraordinary meeting was held on Saturday, 1st June, in 

 the Mathematical Class-room. 



This meeting was called to receive the resignation of the Secre- 

 tary (J. F. M. H. Stone), who was about to leave the School. 

 Twenty members were present. 



The Secretary addressed the meeting, expressing his regret at. 

 leaving, and his good wishes for the future success of the Society. 

 The President, in the name of the Society, expressed his sense of 

 the loss it would suffer in the departure of the Secretary, who had 

 occupied that post so ably for three years, and had worked most 

 devotedly to promote the interests of the Society. He cordially 

 thanked Stone for all that he had done. 



Some conversation took place about electing a new Secretary, 

 Nothing definite was done, so the meeting was adjourned. 



MEETING, June 7, 1872. 

 The President in the Chair. 



The fifth meeting for the term was held on Friday, the 7th 

 June, in the Physical Lecture-room. Twenty-three members were 

 present. 



This meeting was held for the purpose of electing two members 

 of Committee, in place of Mr Stone, who had left the School, and 

 Mr Oliphant, who had resigned. 



H. Wills, proposed by Allen, and seconded by J. E. Jose; 

 J. A. Gibbons, proposed by Ogle, and seconded by Tebbs ; and 

 Mr J. C. Jose, proposed by Stone, but declined, on the ground that 

 he would be unable to attend the meetings. On a show of 

 hands being made. Wills and Gibbons were unanimously elected. 



The President proposed that the day of meeting should be 

 changed for this term, from Friday to Thursday, at 6.45, being 

 more convenient for the majority of the members. This motion 

 was seconded by Gibbons, and carried. 



