464 Presidentship of Lord Kelvin 



A. G. Vernon Harcourt Dr. Bonamy Price 



Dr. G. Harley Dr. W. Playfair 



V. Harley Prof. A. Reinold 



Admiral Sir John D. Hay Admiral Sir G. H. Richards 



Canon Blackley Professor Roberts-Austen 



Dr. J. Hopkinson C. H. Davies 



General Festing Sir Frederick Bramwell 



J. W. Hulke, Treasurer Dr. Garrard 



Prof. J. W. Judd Prof. A. W. Riicker 



Alfred B. Kempe Arnold Foster 



Prof. G. D. Liveing Dr. W. J. Russell 



J. Norman Lockyer Prof. J. S. Burdon Sanderson 



F. Elgar A. D. Waller 



N. Story Maskelyne P. L. Sclater 



Dr. Hugo Miiller W. L. Sclater 



Admiral Sir E. Ommaney R. H. Scott, Treasurer 



Dr. W. Pole Major J. S. S. Barker 



Captain Wharton Sir Charles Wilson 



Prevented from attendance by illness, Sir Andrew Noble, 

 in memory of old times, sent a haunch of venison, for which 

 thanks were voted by the Club. The three customary 

 toasts were given, and in consonance with the habits of the 

 founders of the Club, some " Huff- ale " from Winchester 

 College was supplied by one member, which proved so 

 potent as well as pleasant that one of the chemists present 

 was requested to carry away a small quantity of it to test 

 it for the percentage of its alcohol. 1 



1894. At the Anniversary Meeting held on June 28, 1894, 

 twenty-nine members were present and Admiral Sir George 

 H. Richards was in the chair. The Treasurers' statement 

 reported that the expenditure had been 76 I2s. 8d., leaving 

 in their hands a balance of 47 is. id. The contribution 

 of i for the ensuing session was again agreed upon. The 

 twelve usual dinners of the year (excluding that of Novem- 

 ber i6th) had been attended by 208 persons, of whom 169 

 were members and 39 were guests. 



Sir Joseph Lister, having been elected Foreign Secretary 

 of the Royal Society and having expressed his willingness 



1 This fine old ale had been ten years in bottle. An elaborate analysis 

 of its composition was made at the Government laboratory which proved 

 it to be the strongest ale that had ever been examined there. It contained 

 a percentage of 11.72 by weight of absolute alcohol. 



