PROCEEDINGS, &c. 



Monday, November 25, 1844. 



At a Statutory General Meeting, held for the purpose of appointing Offtce-Bearers for 

 the ensuing Session, The Right Honourable Earl Cathcart, Vice-President, in the Chair, 

 the Ballot was taken in the usual way, and the following Gentlemen were declared to be 

 duly elected, viz. : — 



Sir T. Makdougall Brisbane, Bart., President. 

 Sir WiLLi.vM MiLLEK, Bart., 

 Sir David Brewster, K.H., 

 Earl Cathcart, 

 Very Reverend Principal Lee, 

 Sir George S. Mackenzie, Bart., 

 Right Reverend Bishop Tekrot, 

 Professor Forbes, General Secretary. 

 David Milne, Esq., 

 Dr Gregory, 



John Russell, Esq., Treasurer. 

 Dr Traill, Curator of Library. 

 John Stark, Esq., Cui'ator of Museum. 



Vice-Presidents. 



Ordinary Secretaries. 



COUNSELLORS. 



Dr Parnell. 



Dr Carson. 



Sir John M'Nbill. 



Sir Thomas D. Lauder, Bart. 



Alan Stevenson, Esq. 



James T. Gibson-Craig, Esq. 



Dr Craigie. 

 Professor Miller. 

 Professor Pillans. 

 Professor Kelland. 

 Dr Christison. 

 Dr Neill. 



Dr Christison, as acting General Secretai-y, read the following Resolution from the 

 Minutes of the Council : — " \.9,th November 1844.— The Council unanimously resolved, That it 

 was expedient to allow a Salary of £100 annually to the General Secretary, on the understanding 

 that the duties of the Office should, henceforth, include the charge of publishing the Society's 

 Proceedings, and that the proposed arrangement should be considered as an experimental 



