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/'/•(;< -''■■'(Unas of the Society. 



(Thursday, Ath March 1847J. 



I !n> lion. G. F. Dick, President, in (he Chair. 



I'resenl : — .Mr. Biijer, Vire President, Mr. Boiiton, Secre- 

 tary, and fifteen ordinary members. 



Mr. N. Geffroy was elected a Resident Member. 



Mr. Houton, Secretary, laid before the Society a letter from 

 the Secretary of the Societe Medicate d" Emulation de Mau- 

 rice, acknowledging the receipt of the Transactions of this 

 Society, and offering- a collection of the Papers periodically 

 published under the superintendence of the Medical Society, 

 entitled "La Lancellc." 



Mr. Corsane Cuninghame, presented the Report of the 

 Committee on Medals, &c. In reference thereto, it was re- 

 solved, that the Secretary should give directions to Messrs. 

 Cutler & Co., Sheffield, to prepare and forward medals of 

 different sizes and values, according to drafts submitted to 

 the Council, to be distributed as prizes ; and also a Seal for 

 the use of the Society, and Diplomas, according to the 

 drafts. The Secretary was further ordered to prepare an ap- 

 plication to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, 

 to be forwarded by His Excellency The Governor, for per- 

 mission to the Society to assume the distinction of "Royal." 

 Mr. Cutler to he directed, in the event of this favor being 

 granted, to place the emblem of Royalty on the Medals and 

 Seal. 



Tie Secretary was directed to request the President of the 

 Agricultural Committee to lay before the Society the Reports 

 of the two Exhibitions of last year. 



Mr. Carie de la Charie exhibited to the Society the model 

 of a Pump on a new principle, for which Mr. Carie has ob- 

 tained a Patent. One of the advantages which in Mr. Ca- 



