628 PROCEEDINGS OF STATUTORY GENERAL MEETINGS, 
Memorandum.—February 18, 1850.—Of this date, the Council reported that, having 
been requested to nominate a Committee of the Society, to act as Members of a General 
Committee about to be formed for the furtherance of the Great Exhibition of Manufactures, 
&e., in London, in 1851, they had named Dr TRAILL, Professor C. PiAgzzi SMytu, and Dr 
GnorGcy Winson. Thereafter Mr Sheriff Cay’s name was proposed and accepted as an 
additional Member of Committee. 
Memorandum.—Monday, March 4, 1850.—At the Ordinary Meeting of this date, the 
following motion, of which notice had been given at last Meeting, was made by Dr CurIsTISON, 
seconded by Dr TRAIL, and unanimously carried,—‘ That Edinburgh having been fixed 
upon for the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of 
Science, which is to take place in August next, it is requisite that a Subscription be imme- 
diately set on foot for defraying the necessary expenses attendant on the reception of that 
Body. 
“That the noblemen and gentlemen of Scotland generally, especially those resident in 
Edinburgh, be as soon as possible requested to enrol their names as subscribers to such a 
fund ; and that a hope be expressed that Public Bodies and Chartered Societies will be in- 
duced to contribute their aid, as far as they may possess the means, in increasing the amount 
of this fund. 
« That the Royal Society of Edinburgh having been one of the channels through which 
the invitation to the British Association to hold its Meeting this year in Edinburgh was 
conveyed, shall forthwith commence a Subscription among its own Fellows, and shall nomi- 
nate a Committee to co-operate with the local Office-Bearers of the Association, and with 
the other Public Bodies in promoting this and other objects connected with the Meetings. 
“That the sum of £50 be paid out of the funds of the Royal Society on account of this 
Subscription, and that all the Members of the Society be specially invited to contribute 
individually to this fund, it being understood that no donation should be of less amount than 
One Guinea.” 
Monday, November 25, 1850. 
At a Statutory General Meeting, Hon. Lord Murray, V.P., in the Chair, the following 
Office-Bearers were duly elected :— 
Sir T. Maxpoveatt BrisBane, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H., President. 
Sir D. Brewster, K.H., 
Very Rey. Principal Ler, 
Right Rey. Bishop TErrort, 
Dr Curistison, 
Dr Attson, 
Hon. Lord Murray. 
Professor Forbes, General Secretary. 
Dr Grecory, 
Vice-Presidents. 
Secretaries to the Ordinary Meetings. 
Professor SmytH, 
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