Robert H. Scoff 429 



Dr. De La Rue, in the Chair 



Sir John Dalrymple Hay Dr. C. W. Siemens 



Prof. Bartholomew Price Captn. D. Galton 



Dr. William James Russell Captn. F. J. O. Evans 



Dr. Joseph Henry Gilbert James Fergusson 



Frederick J. Bramwell John Marshall 



J. F. Bateman Dr. George Owen Rees 



Dr. Heinrich Debus Sir J. H. Lefroy 



Nevil S. Maskelyne Edward Thomas 



Professor Henry J. S. Smith William Bowman 



J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Treasurer 



The Treasurers reported that the expenditure had 

 amounted to 102 2S. nd. and that there remained in 

 their hands a balance of 65 135. yd. The contribution 

 for the following year was fixed at one pound ten shillings. 

 The number of dinners since the last Anniversary had been 

 18, attended by 235 persons, of whom 199 were members 

 and 36 visitors. The average number present was 13, the 

 smallest attendance being 5. 



The death of Dr. Sharpey, Sir Rowland Hill, and E. W. 

 Cooke was intimated. 



There was no vacancy owing to absence, and only one 

 from the death of an ordinary member, E. W. Cooke. There 

 were nine candidates, and from these Robert Henry Scott, 

 who stood at the head of the list, was elected by the requisite 

 number of votes. 



The dinners between this Anniversary and that of next 

 year were fixed to be twelve in number, and were distributed 

 through the months in the following order : Thursdays, 

 November 18, December 9 ; January 13, 27 ; February 10, 

 24 ; March, 10 24 ; April 28 ; May 12 ; June 2 and 23 

 (Anniversary). 1 



Robert H. Scott, elected at this meeting, was born in 

 Dublin in 1833 and educated at Rugby and at Trinity 

 College, Dublin ; he studied also at Berlin and Munich. 

 Early in life he devoted his attention to the study of minerals, 

 and was appointed to take charge of the mineral collection 



1 No explanation is afforded in the Minutes of the reason why the eighteen 

 dinners arranged at the previous Anniversary were reduced to twelve. 



