610 PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL MEETINGS, 



Monday, November 22, 1847. 



At a Statutory General Meeting, Bishop Terrot in the Chair, the following Office- 

 Bearer.s for the ensuing Session were duly elected :— 



Sir T. Maktougall Brisbane, Bart., G.G.B., G.C.H., President. 

 Sir D. Brewster, K.H., \ 



Bight Hon. Earl Cathcart, 

 Very Rev. Principal Lee, 

 Sir George S. Mackenzie, Bart., 

 Right Rev. Bishop Terrot, 

 Dr Christison, 



Professor Forbes, General Secretary. 

 David Milne, Esq., 



Vice-Presidents. 



Secretaries to the Ordinary Meetings. 

 Dr Gregory, ) 



John Russell, Esq., Treasurer. 



Dr Traill, Curator of Library and Instruments. 



John Stark, Esq., Curator of Museum. 



COUNSELLORS. 



A. Adie, Esq. Dr J. H. Balfour. 



Hon. Lord Murray. Henry Marshall, Esq. 



Rev. Dr Brunton. Sir Wm. Jardine, Bart. 



George Forbes, Esq. Prof. C. Piazzi Smyth. 



W. A. Cadell, Esq. Rev. Dr Robertson. 



Sir Wm. Scott, Bart. C. Maclaren, Esq. 



The following gentlemen were appointed to audit the Treasurer's Accounts : — 

 George Forbes, Esq. David Smith, Esq. James T. Gibson-Craig, Esq. 



The Meeting then adiourned. 



(Signed) C. H. Terrot, V.P. 



Memorandum. — February 21, 1848. — At an Ordinary Meeting of the Royal Society, on 

 the 21st February, the following motion for a change of Law, was proposed by Mr Russell. 

 Treasurer, the motion itself having been announced from the Chair on the 17th January, and 

 printed in the Billets of the 7th and 21st February, viz : — 



" That Law IV. shall be altered, and stand as follows : — 



" IV. The Fees of Admission of an Ordinary Non-Resident Fellow shall be £26, 5s., 

 payable on his admission ; and in case of any Non-Resident Fellow coming to reside at any 

 time in Scotland, lie shall, during each year of his residence, pay the usual Annual Contri- 

 bution of £3, 3s. payable by each Resident Fellow ; but after payment of such Annual Con- 

 tribution for eight years, he shall be exempt from any farther payment." 



The motion was seconded by Dr Traill, and was adopted. 



(Signed) C. H. Terrot, V.P. 



