390 Presidentship of Sir Edward Sabine 1862 



Of the new members, A. W. Williamson was Professor of 

 Chemistry at University College, London an office which 

 he held for nearly forty years. He was elected into the 

 Royal Society in 1855. In 1873 he was chosen Foreign 

 Secretary and held that office for sixteen years. A Royal 

 medal was awarded to him in 1862 in recognition of the 

 value of his researches. He was twice President of the 

 Chemical Society, and President of the British Association 

 when it met at Bradford in 1873. 



George Busk was an accomplished man of science who 

 placed his wide range of knowledge at the service of every 

 earnest student. He had studied medicine at St. Bartholo- 

 mew's and St. Thomas' Hospitals, and served as a surgeon 

 in the Navy. He became F.R.S. in 1850, and received a 

 Royal Medal in 1871. He was elected President of the 

 Royal College of Surgeons in 1871, President of the Anthro- 

 pological Institute in 1873, and Treasurer of the Royal 

 Institution in 1873. This last office he usefully filled for 

 more than a dozen years. 



1863. At the Anniversary Meeting held on 25th June 

 1863 twenty members were present and General Sabine, 

 President, filled the chair. The Treasurers left a blank 

 page for the insertion of their financial statement, which 

 however, has never been added. We gather from the 

 minutes that twenty-one dinners had taken place during 

 the year, that the number of persons who dined was 184, 

 including 35 visitors, and that the average number attending 

 each dinner was 8'8. The subscription for the ensuing 

 year was fixed at two guineas, and it was resolved that the 

 cost of the dinner for visitors should be reduced from 

 fifteen to ten shillings each. 



It was decided that during the autumn-vacation dinner 

 should be provided on the third Thursday of each month. 



By the death of James Walker and Sir Benjamin Brodie 

 two vacancies were created. Two more arose from the 

 resignation of Admiral Smyth and Dr. Mayo and a fifth 

 had been left over unfilled last year. As the result of the 

 election John Frederic Bateman, Sir Edmund Walker 



