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Club died on 2Qth March) , had been notified at two ordinary 

 meetings of the Club in accordance with the Rules and was 

 now formally moved by the Senior Treasurer : 



" That the Joint Committee of the Royal Society and the Philo- 

 sophical Clubs be requested to carry out for one year the scheme 

 which has been submitted by them ; and that the operation of 

 any rules of the Royal Society Club which would interfere with 

 the carrying out of the experimental scheme be suspended during 

 the ensuing Session 1892-93." 



After some discussion this resolution was put from the chair 

 to be voted on by a show of hands, when eleven voted for 

 it and fourteen against. The Chairman accordingly declared 

 the motion to be lost. 



The Treasurers reported that a parcel containing 125 

 copies of Admiral Smyth's " Sketch of the Rise and Progress 

 of the Royal Society Club " in sheets had been discovered 

 stored in Burlington House, and that they had had them 

 bound and were issuing them to members at 55. per copy. 

 Their action was approved. 



They further intimated to the meeting that, by per- 

 mission of the President and Council of the Royal Society, 

 they had deposited at the Society's rooms in Burlington 

 House the old Ballot-box containing the records of the Club 

 since its establishment. At the same time they read a list 

 of the documents contained in the box, all which are still 

 (1917) extant. The action of the Treasurers in this matter 

 was approved and the box has since remained in the custody 

 of the Royal Society. At the end of 1915 it was removed 

 by the Senior Treasurer and brought to the residence at 

 Haslemere of the writer of this volume, who, when the volume 

 is completed, will return the box and its contents to the 

 custody of the Royal Society at Burlington House. 



To the vacancy caused by the death of Sir William 

 Bowman there was to be added that which was left unfilled 

 at last Anniversary. There were nine candidates. After 

 several successive ballots only one candidate was elected 

 Andrew Ainslie Common, who had become F.R.S. in 1885. 



The meetings for the following session were fixed to be 



