1878 Admiral Sir G. H. Richards elected Treasurer 42 1 



The number of dinners held since the last Anniversary 

 was twelve ; the number of diners 212, composed of 172 

 members and 40 visitors. The average attendance at each 

 dinner was 17-6. 



No vacancies had occurred during the year. The list 

 of candidates now contained ten names. It was agreed 

 that provision should be made for more dinners in the 

 coming session. The number fixed upon was eighteen 

 distributed through the months thus : viz. one in November, 

 two in December and in January, three in February and in 

 March, two in April, three in May and one in June, and the 

 next Anniversary was fixed for 26th June 1879. 



Captain Douglas Gait on announced his resignation of 

 the office of Treasurer, and a vote of thanks was unanimously 

 accorded to him for his past services. The proposal of the 

 President, seconded by Admiral Sir John Dalrymple Hay, 

 that Admiral Sir George Henry Richards should be elected 

 one of the Treasurers, to act conjointly with Mr. Gwyn 

 Jeffreys, was adopted. 



The adjourned Meeting duly took place on I4th November. 

 Sir Joseph Hooker presided and seventeen other members 

 were present. Letters were read from some of the absentees 

 who had been reported at the Anniversary and explanations 

 were offered by or on behalf of the others. It was resolved 

 that all these members should be re-elected or restored to 

 the membership. 



A letter from Sir Erasmus Ommanney was read expressing 

 his wish to resign his membership. His resignation was 

 accepted x and General Sir John Henry Lefroy, who had 

 now returned from his governorship of the Bermudas, was 

 transferred from the Supernumerary List to be an ordinary 

 member. 



The somewhat perfunctory meeting summoned for the 

 election of a president was held on 5th December. But 

 this time it had really something to do, for on St. Andrew's 

 Day Sir Joseph Hooker retired from the Presidentship of 



1 He subsequently applied to be reinstated as a member and he was 

 re-elected at the Anniversary in 1889. 



