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members of the Philosophical Club be invited to act as chairman 

 of this Committee ; that each Club should select five other members, 

 two of these being members of both Clubs, and the three others 

 members of the particular Club ; and that this Committee of eleven 

 should submit its recommendations to both Clubs." 



The proposals thus submitted were accepted by the 

 Anniversary Meeting. The two Treasurers, with the Astro- 

 nomer Royal, were chosen to represent the Royal Society 

 Club, and Sir Archibald Geikie and Professor Riicker were 

 selected as representatives of both Clubs, and the Trea- 

 surers were instructed to send this information to the 

 Philosophical Club. The question of the union of the two 

 Clubs continued for some months to be a frequent subject 

 of conversation at the Royal Society Club, but the action 

 taken by this Club at the Anniversary of 1892 postponed 

 the matter for some years. 



Sir William Thomson was re-elected President of the 

 Club, and R. H. Scott and J. W. Hulke were continued as 

 Treasurers. 



Regarding the new members a few words should be added 

 here. Professor Liveing has long been held in great esteem 

 not only by his fellow chemists but by men in all branches 

 of science who have either come into personal contact with 

 him or have knowledge of his important services at Cam- 

 bridge in the development of practical scientific teaching. 

 He became F.R.S. in 1879. For almost half a century he 

 was Professor of Chemistry in the University, and though 

 he resigned that important office in 1908 his influence as 

 President of St. John's College continues to be felt. 



Professor Reinold, Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, was 

 elected into the Royal Society in 1883. He has been Lee's 

 Reader in Physics at Christchurch, Professor of Physics at 

 the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and President of the 

 Physical Society. 



The two dozen guests this year included two conspicuous 

 names, "Mr. Gill of Capetown" and " J. Bryce, M.P." 

 As the Astronomer-Royal at the Cape of Good Hope, David 

 Gill spent more than a quarter of a century in the delicate 



