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of the veteran, there would seem to be a special appropriateness in 

 awarding it to one who was intimately associated with Mr. Darwin in 

 the preparation of the ' Origin of Species.' That no one was more 

 closely associated than Sir J. D. Hooker with Mr. Darwin in the 

 work is abundantly proved by the following passage in the intro- 

 duction to the ' Origin of Species ' : " I cannot, however, let this 

 opportunity pass without expressing my deep obligations to Dr. 

 Hooker, who, for the last fifteen years (1844-59), has aided me in 

 every possible way by his large stores of knowledge and his excellent 

 judgment." 



The Statutes relating to the election of Council and Officers were 

 then read, and Sir Erasmus Ommanney and Mr. Symons, having been, 

 with the consent of the Society, nominated Scrutators, the votes of 

 the Fellows present were taken, and the following were declared duly 

 elected as Council and Officers for the ensuing year : 



President. The Lord Kelvin, D.C.L., LL.D. 

 Treasurer. Sir John Evans, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D. 



Secretaries - 1 Professor Michael Foster, M.A., M.D. 

 I The Lord Rayleigh, M.A, D.C.L. 



Foreign Secretary. Sir Archibald Geikie, LL.D. 



Other Members of the Council. 



Captain William de Wiveleslie Abney, C.B. ; Sir Benjamin Baker, 

 K.C.M.G., LL.D.; Professor Isaac Bayley Balfour, M.A. ; William 

 Thomas Blanford, F.G.S. ; Professor George Carey Foster, B.A. ; 

 Richard Tetley Glazebrook, M.A. ; Frederick Ducane Godman, F.L.S. ; 

 John Hopkinson, D.Sc. ; Professor Joseph Norman Lockyer, F.R.A.S. ; 

 Professor John Gray McKendrick, M.D. ; William Davidson Niven, 

 M.A. ; William Henry Perkin, LL.D. ; Rev. Professor B. Price, D.D. ; 

 the Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., M.A. ; Adam Sedgwick, M.A. ; Pro- 

 fessor William Augustus Tilden, D.Sc. 



The thanks of the Society were given to the Scrutators. 



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