246 Presidentship of Sir Joseph Banks 1815 



names may be mentioned of Dr. Thomas Young, Mr. Brunei, 

 Dr. Brinkley, Admiral Bligh, Mr. Brodie, and Mr. Watt. 



1815. The Annual General Meeting of 1815 was held on 

 June 22nd and was attended by the following company : 



Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks Bart. K.B. President 



Sir Everard Home Bart. John Pond 



John Symmons Sir John T. Stanley Bart. 



Roger Wilbraham Sir Gilbert Blane, Bart. 



Samuel Lysons Charles Wilkins 



Robert H. Inglis George Best 



John Walker Dr. Charles Burney 



Samuel Davies Charles Hatchett 



Dr. W. H. Wollaston Sir Benjamin Hobhouse Bart. 



Matthew Raper, Treasurer 



The Treasurer announced that he had disbursed 90 8s. 

 in payment of Tavern bills and that he had in hand a balance 

 of 32 I2s. 4d. It was agreed that the contribution for the 

 year should again be two pounds. The number of persons 

 who dined at the Club this year was 540 of whom 458 were 

 members and 82 visitors. 



It appeared from the registers that three members had 

 been absent during the whole of the past year. The meet- 

 ing, however, no longer stringent in the enforcement of the 

 regulation about attendance, found an excuse for one of 

 the defaulters that he had been " much indisposed "; for 

 another, that he had been engaged in China. For the third, 

 however, they could find no palliation, and his name was 

 accordingly balloted out of the list of membership. On 

 the motion of the Treasurer, seconded by the President, 

 Mr. William Smith was balloted for and was declared to 

 be duly elected a member. The death of Mr. Lloyd was 

 announced by Charles Hatchett, but no person being pro- 

 posed as a candidate, the vacancy was left over to be filled 

 at another time. 



There is no clue in the records as to the identity of the 

 new member. Two persons of the name of William Smith 

 were at that time Fellows of the Royal Society, one elected 

 on 25th April 1805 and the other on February I3th 1806. 



