41 8 Presidentship of Sir Joseph Hooker 1876-7 



F.R.S. in 1861. In later years he lived mostly in Germany, 

 where he died in 1915. 



On 7th December 1876, at the first meeting of the Club 

 after St. Andrew's Day, Dr. Joseph D. Hooker, who con- 

 tinued to be President of the Royal Society, was formally re- 

 elected President of the Club. This meeting was summoned 

 for that purpose, but unfortunately it had a further and 

 more serious task to discharge. Dr. Sibson, one of the two 

 Treasurers, had died since the Anniversary, and it was 

 necessary to appoint someone to carry on his duties. The 

 President proposed that J. Gwyn Jeffreys should be appointed 

 joint-Treasurer with Captain Galton, and this proposition 

 was carried unanimously. A sympathetic letter of con- 

 dolence, signed by the President and many members of the 

 Club, was sent to Mrs. Sibson, widow of the late Treasurer. 



1877. In the year 1877 the Anniversary meeting on 2ist 

 June was attended by twenty-two members and Sir Joseph 

 D. Hooker presided. The financial statement of the Trea- 

 surers showed the expenditure to have been 134 6s. gd., 

 leaving a balance in their hands of 7 53. 2d. The number 

 of dinners held since the previous Anniversary was 15, which 

 were attended by 211 members and 34 visitors, making a 

 total of 245. The greatest number of persons present at 

 any dinner was 27 and the smallest 8. The contribution 

 for the ensuing year was fixed at 2 2s. 



The death of Dr. Sibson and of Sir William Fergusson 

 was announced. 



J. P. Gassiot resigned his membership. There were thus 

 three vacancies to be filled. There were nine candidates 

 on the list, and out of these by vote I. Lowthian Bell, Dr. 

 Joseph Henry Gilbert, and Admiral Erasmus Ommanney 

 were elected. 



It was arranged that during the vacation the Club should 

 meet on Thursday I2th July and i8th October, and the dates 

 of the meetings during the session were fixed, one dinner 

 in each of the months from November to April inclusive, 

 two in May and one in June. It was also agreed that the 

 Anniversary should be on 27th June 1878, all the meetings, 



