360 Minutes of Meetimja. 



November 29, 1 854 . — William GorELiE, Esq., Vice-President, m the Chair. 



Dr. John Tati.or was admitted a member. 



The following gentlemen were elected members, viz. : — Mr. Alexander 

 Sinclair, Teacher, 25 St. George's Eoad ; Mr. James Hunter, Iron-Master? 

 Newmain's House, Motherwell ; Mr. Charles O'Neil, Civil Engineer, 66 

 South Portland Street ; Mr. Kobert Calvert Clapham, Chemist, Ardeer 

 Chemical Works, Stevenston, Ayrshire; Mr. James Murdoch, Phar- 

 maceutical Chemist, 143 Sauchiehall Street. 



The Society then proceeded to the election of its OiEce-bearers. It 

 was agreed that the election to the vacant offices of President and Vice- 

 President be by open vote, 



Mr. Gourlie moved that, in accordance with the unanimous recom- 

 mendation of the Council, Dr. Allen Thomson, Professor of Anatomy in 

 the University of Glasgow, be appointed President. 



The motion was seconded by Mr. William Murray, and carried by 

 acclamation. 



Dr. Thomson having taken the chair, and returned thanks for the 

 honour conferred upon him, proposed that a resolution in refei'ence to the 

 retirement of Mr. Crum from office should now be entered upon the 

 record. 



This proposal was unanimously agreed to, and the following Resolutions 

 expressing the sentiments of the Meeting is entered accordingly, and 

 ordered to be communicated to Mr. Crum : — 



" On Mr. Crum now vacating the President's Chair, which he does 

 in consequence of the recent law of the Society which makes the tenure 

 of that office biennial, the Philosophical Society feel themselves called 

 upon to enter upon their record, and to convey to Mr. Crum, the ex- 

 pression of the deep obligation under which the Society has been laid by 

 his long-continued and able exertions in forwarding its interests and 

 welfare. They would also express more particularly their cordial approval 

 of the zeal, judgment, and affability with which Mr. Crum has adminis- 

 tered the affairs of the Society, not only during his recent short tenure 

 of the office of President, but also for the longer previous period in 

 which, through the infirm health of the late Dr. Thomas Thomson, a 

 large share of the duties of the Chair devolved upon Mr. Crum as Vice- 

 President. 



" In conveying this resolution of thanks to Mr. Crum, the members of 

 the Society would also desire to express the sincere regard and esteem 

 which they entertain for his personal character, and the high respect in 

 which they hold his scientific attainments, together with their earnest 

 hope that Mr. Crum will continue to manifest the same interest as here- 

 tofore in the welfare of the Philosophical Society." 



