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November 21, 1861. 



Sir BENJAMIN COLLINS BRODIE, Bart., President, in the 



Chair. 



In accordance with the Statutes, notice was given from the Chair 

 of the ensuing Anniversary Meeting, and the list of Council and 

 Officers recommended for election was read as follows : 



President. Major-General Edward Sabine, R.A., D.C.L., LL.D. 

 Treasurer. William Allen Miller, M.D., LL.D. 



( William Sharpey, M.D., LL.D. 

 ieS '~~ I George Gabriel Stokes, Esq., M.A., D.C.L. 



Foreign Secretary. William Hallows Miller, Esq., M.A. 



Other Members of the Council. John Couch Adams, Esq., M.A., 

 D.C.L. ; Sir William George Armstrong, C.B. ; Benjamin Guy 

 Babington, M.D. ; Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, Bart., D.C.L. ; 

 George Bowdler Buckton, Esq. ; William Benjamin Carpenter, M.D. ; 

 Sir Philip de Malpas G. Egerton, Bart. ; William Fairbairn, LL.D. ; 

 Captain Douglas Galton, R.E. ; William Robert Grove, Esq., M.A., 

 Q.C. ; William Hopkins, Esq., M.A., LL.D. ; John Lubbock, Esq. ; 

 James Paget, Esq. ; Joseph Prestwich, Esq. ; William Spottiswoode, 

 Esq., M.A. ; John Tyndall, Esq. 



Dr. W. B. Carpenter, Mr. Gassiot, Mr. Lubbock, Dr. W. A. 

 Miller and Dr. John Webster, having been nominated by the 

 President, were elected by ballot Auditors of the Treasurer's Accounts 

 on the part of the Society. 



The following communications were read : 



I. " On some Varieties of Tannin." By JOHN STENHOUSE, 



LL.D., F.R.S. (See p. 401.) 



II. " On Larixinic Acid, a crystallizable volatile principle 



found in the Bark of the Larch Tree" (Pinus Larix, 

 Linn.). By JOHN STENHOUSE, LL.D., F.R.S. (See 

 p. 405.) 



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