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publications. He was elected into the Royal Society in 

 1875. He was created K.C.B. in 1899. 



Among the guests at the ordinary dinners this year the 

 only foreigner recorded was Professor Dr. Theodor Liebisch, 

 the German mineralogist and petrographer, who was intro- 

 duced by the Keeper of the Mineral Collection in the British 

 Museum. Dr. David Gill was again a visitor to the Club 

 in March and April. 



On the i6th of November this year the Club met at 

 Limmer's Hotel to celebrate the I5oth Anniversary of its 

 foundation. It was arranged that the Bill of Fare and the 

 price of the Dinner (is. 6d.) should be the same as were 

 usual for the Club at the date of its foundation, and the 

 oldest menu which had been preserved, that of March 24th 

 1747 (which has been given on p. 26), was followed as closely 

 as might be. The attendance was large ; out of the total 

 number (sixty-one) of members of the Club only seventeen 

 were absent and many of these (including Lord Kelvin, the 

 Marquess of Salisbury, Sir Richard Quain, Sir Andrew Noble, 

 Prof. Clifton, Prof. Thorpe, Captain Abney and Prof. Adams) 

 sent apologetic letters explaining the cause of their absence. 

 The following is the list of the company, which numbered 

 sixty-seven in all. The names in italics are those of guests, 

 and in each case the guest was invited by the member 

 whose name occurs immediately above : 



Sir Douglas Galton, in the Chair 



The Astronomer Royal Andrew A. Common 



H. H. Turner H. A. Gore Browne 



Sir John Evans Captain E. W. Creak 



Prof. Michael Foster William Crookes 



Sir Archibald Geikie Joseph Crookes 



J. J. H. Teall W. H. Dallinger 



Lord Rayleigh Prof. James Dewar 



Sir Frederick Abel Dr. Ludwig Mond 



M. Carteighe L. Fletcher 



Wollaston Blake W. Bewsher 



Rev. Professor Bonney A. W. Franks 



Dr. W. T. Blanford Sir H. Howorth 



Dr. T. Lander Brunton Francis Galton 



Prof. T. Clifford Allbutt General Richard Strachey 



Prof. George Darwin Dr. J. H. Gladstone 



