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of officers, no serious inconvenience was caused. The Presi- 

 dent informed the meeting that he had received the Society's 

 books and papers from Captain Sabine, also a draft for the 

 balance of the fund remaining in his hands. The Tavern 

 Bills had not yet been received, but it was agreed that the 

 amount of the contribution to be paid by each member 

 should be 2. 



The Tavern Bills were obtained after the Anniversary 

 and it was found that the expenses had amounted to 

 132 2s., while the cash received from Captain Sabine was 

 120 145. iod., leaving a balance against the Club of 

 11 75. 2d. The total attendance at the dinners since the 

 last Anniversary was 338, of which number 222 were members 

 and 116 were visitors. 



Since the previous Anniversary the Club had lost by 

 death Major Rennell and the Rev. Stephen West on. Sir 

 Benjamin Hobhouse owing to sickness and infirmity had 

 resigned his membership. Three vacancies consequently 

 arose! These were filled by the election of John Lewis 

 Guillmard, Richard Penn, and Robert Brown. The first of 

 these new members was elected into the Royal Society in 

 1806. Richard Penn, on the staff of the Colonial Office, 

 became F.R.S. in 1824, and Robert Brown, the eminent 

 botanist, was elected a Fellow in 1811. 



Davies Gilbert was continued President and Joseph Smith 

 already noticed, was chosen Treasurer. 



On the 30th November of this year, owing to changes in 

 the staff of the Royal Society, some modification and in- 

 crease were necessitated in the membership of the Club. 

 Mr. Davies Gilbert then resigned the Presidentship of the 

 Royal Society, and on the same day the Duke of Sussex 

 was elected President in his stead. John William Lubbock 

 became the Society's Treasurer, and Charles Dietrich Eber- 

 hard Konig its Foreign Secretary. These three office- 

 bearers of the Society now became ex officio members of 

 the Club. 



His Royal Highness Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, 

 was the sixth son of George III. He was elected into the 



