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years had not appeared at any of the meetings. But again 

 the members would not enforce the regulation against him 

 and he was " re-elected." The number of dinners held 

 during the past year was 25, the number of persons who 

 dined, 312. The average number at each dinner was 12*48, 

 and the number of visitors 62. 



The Club had lost by death four members since the last 

 Anniversary Robert E. Brought on, General Leake, Rev. 

 Baden Powell, and Robert Stephenson. To the four vacancies 

 thus caused a fifth was added by the resignation of Dr. 

 Acland. These places were filled by the unanimous election 

 of Sir Henry Rawlinson, William Fairbairn, Captain Galton, 

 R.E., Sir William Armstrong, and Professor John Tyndall. 

 At this meeting it was resolved that " the law regarding 

 the mode of election be changed, and that instead of 

 Candidates being balloted for in the order of their proposal, 

 a list of Candidates be read at the Anniversary Meeting, 

 from which each member present shall write down a name 

 to fill each vacancy : that no person shall be deemed to 

 be elected a member, unless he shall have three-fourths or 

 more of the votes in his favour ; and that a list of the Candi- 

 dates shall be sent to each member of the Club previously 

 to the Anniversary Meeting at which election shall take 

 place." 



The minutes reveal that a complimentary dinner was given 

 by the Club on November I7th 1859, to which were invited 

 Captain M' Clint ock and the officers under him in the Arctic 

 Expedition in search of traces of Sir John Franklin. These 

 brave navigators had been rewarded by discovering relics 

 of the Franklin expedition and obtaining authentic informa- 

 tion of the death of Franklin in 1847. Franklin and his 

 companions were found to have solved the problem of the 

 North-west Passage. 



The Treasurers reported further that at the request of the 

 Club Admiral Smyth had prepared a History of the Club. 

 The meeting accordingly instructed the Treasurers to have 

 it printed at the expense of the Club in the manner they 

 should judge desirable. It was decided that each member 



