460 Presidentship of Sir W. Thomson (LordKehin) 1892 



The Report of the Joint-Committee appointed to consider 

 the amalgamation of the Royal Society Club and the Philo- 

 sophical Club was submitted to this meeting and fully 

 discussed. The Committee as ultimately arranged was 

 constituted as follows : 



Sir W. Bowman, Bart., Chairman 

 Rev. Prof. Bonney, ^ 



Mr. F. Galton, 



Sir A. Geikie, f ******* both Clubs ' 



Prof. Riicker, J 



The Astronomer Royal, 1r>. . ^ r> , <- ^ 



Mr Hulke 1 I Re P resenim S the Royal Society 



, ' \Treasurers, \ Club. 

 Mr. Scott, 



Prof. Judd, Treasurer, 



The Committee held two meetings. 



At their first meeting they decided that, in their opinion, it was 

 desirable that a Dinner should take place on each evening of an 

 Ordinary Meeting of the Society, but that each Club should retain 

 its own individuality and peculiar rules and customs. Further, 

 that any change that might be made should be first tried as an 

 experiment for one year. 



At their second meeting they came to the conclusion that if the 

 Members of either Club were allowed to dine at any Ordinary Meet- 

 ing of the other Club, the average attendance need not be anticipated 

 to exceed 20, and that consequently a uniform subscription of 2 

 would probably suffice to meet the cost. 



The Committee agreed finally to submit to the two Clubs the 

 following conclusions at which they had arrived : 



1. That it is desirable that the number of Dinners be divided, as 



nearly as possible, equally between the two Clubs. 



2. That each Member should pay for his Dinner ios., as at present. 



3. That every Member of the Clubs shall pay the same annual 



subscription. 



4. That in the case of those who belong to both Clubs, half of 



the subscription should be paid to the Treasurer of each 

 Club. 



5. That each Club be requested to suspend the operation of its 



rules for the Session, so far as these interfere with the carry- 

 ing out of the, experimental scheme, above intimated, for 

 the Session 1892-93. 



The following resolution, which was originally proposed 

 by Sir William Bowman (who to the deepest regret of the 



