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and were attended by 183 persons, consisting of 152 members 

 and 31 guests. It was noted that of the octogenarian 

 honorary members one had dined thrice in the course of the 

 year and two had each dined once. 



The Club lost three members by death during the past 

 year Sir George H. Richards, Dr. G. Harley, and Sir 

 Augustus Wollaston Franks. 



Two members, Sir Richard Quain and Sir Joseph H. 

 Gilbert, having attained the age of eighty were put into 

 the Honorary List. Professor Riicker having been elected 

 Secretary of the Royal Society was now transferred to the 

 Official List. Hence six vacancies had arisen in the ordinary 

 membership. There were nine candidates. After three 

 ballots in succession had been taken five candidates were 

 elected Sir John Wolfe Barry, Professor Andrew Russell 

 Forsyth, Sir William White, Frank McClean, and Professor 

 Alfred George Greenhill. The sixth vacancy was not 

 filled. 



A motion, of which ample notice had been given, to alter 

 Rule XII was brought forward at this meeting, and after 

 discussion it was unanimously agreed that henceforth this 

 Rule should read as follows : " Every Member bringing a 

 visitor shall write his name under his own, to be laid on 

 the table ; and no visitor shall be allowed to dine till this 

 Regulation shall have been complied with. ' ' The last clause 

 of the Rule had previously been : " and no Visitor can be 

 admitted into the room till this regulation shall have been 

 complied with." The usual twelve dinners were appointed 

 to be held, one in November, December and January, two 

 in February, May and June, and three in March. 



Of the five new members a few words may be said here. 

 Sir John Wolfe Barry, a Civil Engineer in large practice, 

 has interested himself in educational matters, more especially 

 in the organisation and administration of the City and 

 Guilds' Technical Institute, Imperial College of Science and 

 Technology, King's College, London, and also in the National 

 Physical Laboratory. He was elected into the Royal Society 

 in 1895 and was created K.C.B. in 1897. 



