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is the author of many memoirs on zoological subjects as 

 well as separate volumes of essays. 



Two foreigners of note were visitors to the Club this year. 

 On I4th June Dr. J. H. Gladstone introduced the distin- 

 guished Italian chemist Giacomo Ciamician, Professor of 

 General Chemistry in the University of Bologna, and on 

 the same day Professor William Ramsay brought as his 

 guest Dr. Raffaello Nasini, who was Professor of General 

 Chemistry in the University of Pisa and Professor Ciami- 

 cian's son-in-law. Among the English visitors the name 

 of Sir Martin Conway appears on the list of 22 February. 



At a special meeting of the Club on I5th November, 

 attended by twenty members, with Admiral Sir John D. Hay 

 in the chair, the Treasurers reported that they had carried 

 out the instructions given to them at the last Anniversary 

 Meeting with regard to the question of amalgamation with 

 the Philosophical Club. To their circular addressed to the 

 members of the Royal Society Club they had received 

 forty replies, of which twenty-five approved of the proposed 

 union and five disapproved. Professor W. G. Adams, 

 Treasurer of the Philosophical Club, who was present, 

 stated in general terms the results of the discussion on the 

 subject at the Philosophical Club. It was then moved : 

 " That the Philosophical Club be requested to join with 

 this Club in appointing a Committee to consider what 

 steps should be taken to effect an amalgamation of the two 

 Clubs." This motion was unanimously adopted, and should 

 the Philosophical Club agree to the proposal, it was decided 

 that the Royal Society Club would appoint as their repre- 

 sentatives on the Committee Sir F. Abel, The Astronomer 

 Royal, Sir John Evans, Dr. R. H. Scott, Prof. W. G. 

 Adams, and Major MacMahon. 



As provided by the Rules, the Club at its ordinary meeting 

 on December 6th elected, as member and President of the 

 Club, Sir William Huggins, who had been chosen President 

 of the Royal Society on St. Andrew's Day, and who, having 

 been invited to join the Club as its President, had signified 

 his consent. 



