PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 

 OF LIVERPOOL. 



SESSION FORTY-FIVE, 1855-6. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 

 Royal Institution. — October 15tli, 1855. 



JOSEPH DICKINSON, Esq., MA., M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S.. 

 Peesident, ill the Chair. 



Messrs. Alfred North, Joseph Goodwin, W. W. Rundell, and W. G. 

 Wilks, were elected Ordinary Members. 



A number of African Curiosities were exhibited by Mr. Consul 

 Hutchinson. 



The Report of the Council was read, and upon the motion of the 

 Rev. Dr. Hume, was unanimously adopted ; and the Treasurer's 

 Accounts were submitted and passed — (see pp. 12, 18.) 



The President's period of office having e.xpired, the Society duly 

 elected to that office Robert M'Andrevv, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. 

 ■ Five new members of Council were balloted for, viz.: the Rev. A. 

 Ramsay, M.A.: Mr. F. W. Bloxam, Mr. F. Archer, Mr. A. Higginson, 

 and Mr. Edward Bretherton, F.G.S.; and nine others were then 

 elected, viz.: Dr. Dickinson, Dr. Ihne, Mr. Isaac Byerley, F.L.S., 

 Dr. Thomson, J. B. Yates, Esq., Mr. S. Boult, Mr. T. C. Archer, 

 Rev. H. H. Higgins, M.A., and Dr. Edwards. 



The officers were then chosen, viz.: Dr. Ihne, Mr. .1. B. Yates, and 

 Dr. Dickinson, Vice-Presidents; Mr. Byerley, Treasurer; and Dr. 

 Thomson, Hon. Secretary. 



Tlie retiring President having left tlie chair, a vote of thanks was 

 carried by acclamation for the services which he had rendered during 

 his period of office. 



The following recommendations of the Council were then put and 



