PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 

 OF LIVERPOOL. 



SESSION XXXVII. 



MDCCCXLVIII. 



October 16. 



J. B. YATES, Esq., in the Chair. 



The first Meeting of the Society for the Session 1847-8. 



The Secretary read the following Report of the retiring 

 Council. 



"In accordance with the thirtieth law of the Society the 

 retiring Council present the following Report of the Proceed- 

 ings of the past Session. 



" At the commencement of the Session there were 131 

 ordinary, and 70 corresponding or honorary members on the 

 lists of the Society. Since then 14 new members have been 

 elected, and taken their seats, and four old members have 

 been removed by the operation of the second and ninth law, 

 five by resignation — Dr. Jeffreys, Mr. James Palmer, and Mr. 

 James Eairclough, Mr. Henry Jevons, and Mr. Gilfillan, and 

 one by death. 



"The Society now consists of 133 ordinary and 70 cor- 

 responding members. 



"The Council take this opportunity of expressing their 



