1865.] 



President's Address. 



513 



Year ending December 31, 1858 1'23 



1859 1-69 



1860 1-24 



1861 0-95 



1862 0-84 



1863 0-53 



1864 0-53 



NOTE C. 



Mean Annual Values of the Magnetic Inclination at Toronto deduced 

 from the Monthly Determinations ; reprinted from Table LIII. 

 (p. 93) of the 'Abstracts of Observations made at the Magnetic 

 Observatory at Toronto,' published by its Director, G. T. Kingston, 

 Esq. The years 1863 and 1864 are added from the Numbers of the 

 ' Canadian Journal of Science.' 



" The monthly determinations were commonly made on three consecu- 

 tive days, as nearly as possible about the middle of the month. One 

 determination was usually made each day between noon and 1 P.M. The 

 monthly and annual means were derived directly from the observations." 



On the motion of Mr. "Warren De la Rue, seconded by Colonel Yorke, 

 it was resolved, " That the thanks of the Society be returned to the Pre- 

 sident for his Address, and that he be requested to allow it to be printed." 

 The Statutes relating to the election of Council and Officers having been 

 read, and Mr. De la Rue and Mr. Merrifield having been, with the consent 

 of the Society, nominated Scrutators, the votes of the Fellows present were 

 collected, and the following were declared duly elected as Council and 

 Officers for the ensuing year : 



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

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

 f William Sharpey, M.D., LL.D. 

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

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

 Other Members of the Council. John Frederic Bateman, Esq. ; Lionel 

 Smith Beale, Esq., M.B. ; William Bowman, Esq. ; Commander F. J. 

 Owen Evans, R.N. ; Edward Frankland, Esq., Ph.D. ; Francis Gallon, Esq ; 

 John Peter Gassiot, Esq.; John Edward Gray, Esq., Ph.D.; Thomas 

 Archer Hirst, Esq., Ph.D. ; Sir Henry Holland, Bart., M.D., D.C.L. ; 

 William Odling, Esq., M.B. ; Sir John Rennie, Knt. ; Prof. Warington W. 

 Smyth ; William Spottiswoode, Esq., M.A. ; Paul E. Count de Strzlecki, 

 C.B., D.C.L. ; Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood, D.C.L. 

 The thanks of the Society were voted to the Scrutators. 



