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Withdrawn from the Society. 

 Sir John Hall, Bart. | Edward Hawkins, Esq. 



Fellows elected since the last Anniversary. 



John Hutton Balfour, M.D. 

 Edward W. Binney, Esq. 

 Sir John Bowring. 

 Sir John Fox Burgoyne, Bart. 

 Philip Henry Gosse, Esq. 

 Robert Harkness, Esq. 

 Caesar Henry Hawkins, Esq. 

 Manuel John Johnson, Esq. 



John Carriek Moore, Esq. 



Henry Minchin Noad, Esq. 



Edmund Potter, Esq. 



Rev. T. Romney Robinson, D.D. 



Henry Hyde Salter, M.D. 



Archibald Smith, Esq. 



Capt. Thomas A. B. Spratt, R.N. 



Foreign Members elected. 

 Karl Haidinger. | Antonio Secchi. 



Readmitted. 

 Robert William Sievier, Esq. 



The President then addressed the Society as follows : 



GENTLEMEN, 



SINCE we last met to celebrate the Anniversary of this time-honoured 

 Institution, events have taken place which it would be improper to 

 pass over in silence. I allude, of course, to the occupation of Bur- 

 lington House, which we owe to the liberality and due appreciation 

 of Science of Her Majesty's Government. Your Council have al- 

 ready taken measures for the purpose of communicating to you the 

 most important information respecting our proposed migration, which 

 may be said to have already commenced, though some time must 

 yet elapse before it can be finally completed. 



As soon as Her Majesty's Government had been apprised that this 

 Society had accepted their offer of apartments on the site in question, 

 in conjunction with the Linnean and Chemical Societies, directions 

 were given for commencing the necessary works, and I have the 

 gratification of being able to announce to you, that considerable 

 progress has already been made : the eastern wing is ready for the 

 reception of the University, and the Great Hall is nearly completed. 



